Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to polite
Participle: polited
Gerund: politing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | polite |
| you | polite |
| he;she;it | polites |
| we | polite |
| you | polite |
| they | polite |
Perfect
| I | have polited |
| you | have polited |
| he;she;it | has polited |
| we | have polited |
| you | have polited |
| they | have polited |
Past
| I | polited |
| you | polited |
| he;she;it | polited |
| we | polited |
| you | polited |
| they | polited |
Pluperfect
| I | had polited |
| you | had polited |
| he;she;it | had polited |
| we | had polited |
| you | had polited |
| they | had polited |
Future
| I | will polite |
| you | will polite |
| he;she;it | will polite |
| we | will polite |
| you | will polite |
| they | will polite |
Future Perfect
| I | will have polited |
| you | will have polited |
| he;she;it | will have polited |
| we | will have polited |
| you | will have polited |
| they | will have polited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | polite |
| you | polite |
| he;she;it | polite |
| we | polite |
| you | polite |
| they | polite |
Perfect
| I | have polited |
| you | have polited |
| he;she;it | have polited |
| we | have polited |
| you | have polited |
| they | have polited |
Imperfect
| I | polited |
| you | polited |
| he;she;it | polited |
| we | polited |
| you | polited |
| they | polited |
Pluperfect
| I | had polited |
| you | had polited |
| he;she;it | had polited |
| we | had polited |
| you | had polited |
| they | had polited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would polite |
| you | would polite |
| he;she;it | would polite |
| we | would polite |
| you | would polite |
| they | would polite |
Perfect
| I | would have polited |
| you | would have polited |
| he;she;it | would have polited |
| we | would have polited |
| you | would have polited |
| they | would have polited |
Imperative
| you | polite |
| we | Let's polite |
| you | polite |
Verbs conjugated like 'polite'
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 'polite'
police,
coalite,
flite,
foliate,
hilite,
lite,
palate,
plate,
plete,
poise,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1263, from L. politus "refined, elegant," lit. "polished," pp. of polire "to polish, to make smooth." Used literally at first in Eng.; sense of "elegant, cultured" is first recorded 1501, that of "behaving courteously" is 1762.
2. From Latin polītus (“polished”), past participle of poliō (“to polish, smooth”); see polish.
Sample Sentences
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those exercises plied, which polite men's spirits [1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:]