miniature – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of miniature

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to miniature
Participle: miniatured
Gerund: miniaturing

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Iminiature
youminiature
he;she;itminiatures
weminiature
youminiature
theyminiature

Perfect

Ihave miniatured
youhave miniatured
he;she;ithas miniatured
wehave miniatured
youhave miniatured
theyhave miniatured

Past

Iminiatured
youminiatured
he;she;itminiatured
weminiatured
youminiatured
theyminiatured

Pluperfect

Ihad miniatured
youhad miniatured
he;she;ithad miniatured
wehad miniatured
youhad miniatured
theyhad miniatured

Future

Iwill miniature
youwill miniature
he;she;itwill miniature
wewill miniature
youwill miniature
theywill miniature

Future Perfect

Iwill have miniatured
youwill have miniatured
he;she;itwill have miniatured
wewill have miniatured
youwill have miniatured
theywill have miniatured

Subjunctive

Present

Iminiature
youminiature
he;she;itminiature
weminiature
youminiature
theyminiature

Perfect

Ihave miniatured
youhave miniatured
he;she;ithave miniatured
wehave miniatured
youhave miniatured
theyhave miniatured

Imperfect

Iminiatured
youminiatured
he;she;itminiatured
weminiatured
youminiatured
theyminiatured

Pluperfect

Ihad miniatured
youhad miniatured
he;she;ithad miniatured
wehad miniatured
youhad miniatured
theyhad miniatured

Conditional

Present

Iwould miniature
youwould miniature
he;she;itwould miniature
wewould miniature
youwould miniature
theywould miniature

Perfect

Iwould have miniatured
youwould have miniatured
he;she;itwould have miniatured
wewould have miniatured
youwould have miniatured
theywould have miniatured

Imperative

youminiature
weLet's miniature
youminiature

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam miniaturing
youare miniaturing
he;she;itis miniaturing
weare miniaturing
youare miniaturing
theyare miniaturing

Perfect

Ihave been miniaturing
youhave been miniaturing
he;she;ithas been miniaturing
wehave been miniaturing
youhave been miniaturing
theyhave been miniaturing

Past

Iwas miniaturing
youwere miniaturing
he;she;itwas miniaturing
wewere miniaturing
youwere miniaturing
theywere miniaturing

Pluperfect

Ihad been miniaturing
youhad been miniaturing
he;she;ithad been miniaturing
wehad been miniaturing
youhad been miniaturing
theyhad been miniaturing

Future

Iwill be miniaturing
youwill be miniaturing
he;she;itwill be miniaturing
wewill be miniaturing
youwill be miniaturing
theywill be miniaturing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been miniaturing
youwill have been miniaturing
he;she;itwill have been miniaturing
wewill have been miniaturing
youwill have been miniaturing
theywill have been miniaturing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be miniaturing
youwould be miniaturing
he;she;itwould be miniaturing
wewould be miniaturing
youwould be miniaturing
theywould be miniaturing

Perfect

Iwould have been miniaturing
youwould have been miniaturing
he;she;itwould have been miniaturing
wewould have been miniaturing
youwould have been miniaturing
theywould have been miniaturing

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1586 (n.) "a reduced image," from It. miniatura "manuscript illumination or small picture," from pp. of miniare "to illuminate a manuscript," from L. miniare "to paint red," from minium "red lead," used in ancient times to make red ink. Extended sense of "small" (adj.) is first attested 1714, because pictures in medieval manuscripts were small, infl. by L. min-, root expressing smallness (minor, minimus, minutus, etc.).
2. Etymology tree
3. Paleo-Hispanicbor.
4. Latin Minius
5. Proto-Indo-European *-om
6. Proto-Italic *-om
7. Latin -um
8. Latin minium
9. Italian minio
10. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
11. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
12. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
13. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
14. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
15. Proto-Italic *-ājō
16. Proto-Italic *-āō
17. Latin -ō
18. Italian -are
19. Italian miniare
20. Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
21. Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
22. Latin -tūra
23. Italian -tura
24. Italian miniaturabor.
25. English miniature
26. Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin miniō (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead, minium”). Not related to minimum, minor or min (which are all from a different root, *mi-n-), though the sense development may have been influenced by association with them or sound symbolism. See: Latin 'miniō'.

Sample Sentences

  • If it be ever so little removed, or seen thro’ the miniaturing End of the Perspective Glass, it either wholly escapes their Sight, or appears to them a mere Minutity. [1755, John Shebbeare, An Answer to a Pamphlet, called A Second Letter to the People, London: M. Cooper, page 29:]
  • The smile of the babe was in my eye, and in my heart. I saw miniatur’d forth, the features of the murdered Edward. [1780, Samuel Jackson Pratt, Emma Corbett, Bath: Pratt and Clinch, Volume 2, Letter 67, p. ,101:]
  • c. 1807, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, letter to Joseph Cottle, cited in Joseph Cottle, Early Recollections, Chiefly Relating to the Late Samuel Taylor Coleridge, London: Longman, Rees, 1837, Volume 2, p. 131,
  • Now what the globe is in geography, miniaturing in order to manifest the truth, such is a poem to that image of God, which we were created into […]
  • […] a moon holds its gray glories miniatured in rock and dust. [1968, Samuel R. Delany, chapter 5, in Nova, New York: Doubleday:]
  • Dad had had Lily’s Haiti photos developed, and […] among them was a sunset miniatured in purple […] [2009, Helen Oyeyemi, White Is for Witching, New York: Nan A. Talese, pages 98-99:]