Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to metathesize
Participle: metathesized
Gerund: metathesizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | metathesize |
| you | metathesize |
| he;she;it | metathesizes |
| we | metathesize |
| you | metathesize |
| they | metathesize |
Perfect
| I | have metathesized |
| you | have metathesized |
| he;she;it | has metathesized |
| we | have metathesized |
| you | have metathesized |
| they | have metathesized |
Past
| I | metathesized |
| you | metathesized |
| he;she;it | metathesized |
| we | metathesized |
| you | metathesized |
| they | metathesized |
Pluperfect
| I | had metathesized |
| you | had metathesized |
| he;she;it | had metathesized |
| we | had metathesized |
| you | had metathesized |
| they | had metathesized |
Future
| I | will metathesize |
| you | will metathesize |
| he;she;it | will metathesize |
| we | will metathesize |
| you | will metathesize |
| they | will metathesize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have metathesized |
| you | will have metathesized |
| he;she;it | will have metathesized |
| we | will have metathesized |
| you | will have metathesized |
| they | will have metathesized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | metathesize |
| you | metathesize |
| he;she;it | metathesize |
| we | metathesize |
| you | metathesize |
| they | metathesize |
Perfect
| I | have metathesized |
| you | have metathesized |
| he;she;it | have metathesized |
| we | have metathesized |
| you | have metathesized |
| they | have metathesized |
Imperfect
| I | metathesized |
| you | metathesized |
| he;she;it | metathesized |
| we | metathesized |
| you | metathesized |
| they | metathesized |
Pluperfect
| I | had metathesized |
| you | had metathesized |
| he;she;it | had metathesized |
| we | had metathesized |
| you | had metathesized |
| they | had metathesized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would metathesize |
| you | would metathesize |
| he;she;it | would metathesize |
| we | would metathesize |
| you | would metathesize |
| they | would metathesize |
Perfect
| I | would have metathesized |
| you | would have metathesized |
| he;she;it | would have metathesized |
| we | would have metathesized |
| you | would have metathesized |
| they | would have metathesized |
Imperative
| you | metathesize |
| we | Let's metathesize |
| you | metathesize |
Verbs conjugated like 'metathesize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'metathesize'
metathesise,
metatheorize,
antithesize,
heathenize,
metaphorize,
metastasize,
metastisize,
weatherize,
aesthetize,
anæsthesize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English metathesis
3. Proto-Indo-European *-id-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
5. Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
6. Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
7. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
8. Late Latin -izōder.
9. Middle French -iserbor.
10. Middle English -isen
11. English -ize
12. English metathesize
13. From metathesis + -ize.
Sample Sentences
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Cases like mu·yh : mu·hyut may be accounted for under a rule that clusters of h plus sonorant metathesize in word-final position. [1939, Morris Swadesh & C. F. Voegelin, A Problem in Phonological Alternation, in Language, Vol. 15, No. 1]
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The significance of noticing the existence of this adjective tharf by the side of the metathesized form thraf is of course apparent [1888, James W. Bright, Thraf-Caik, in Modern Language Notes, Vol. 3, No. 3]
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If the first of two identical consonants in sequence is postconsonantal and the second intervocalic, metathesize the first with the following vowel (geminate roots only). [1962, Gene M. Schramm, An Outline of Classical Arabic Verb Structure, in Language, Vol. 38, No. 4]