Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prince
Participle: princed
Gerund: princing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | prince |
| you | prince |
| he;she;it | princes |
| we | prince |
| you | prince |
| they | prince |
Perfect
| I | have princed |
| you | have princed |
| he;she;it | has princed |
| we | have princed |
| you | have princed |
| they | have princed |
Past
| I | princed |
| you | princed |
| he;she;it | princed |
| we | princed |
| you | princed |
| they | princed |
Pluperfect
| I | had princed |
| you | had princed |
| he;she;it | had princed |
| we | had princed |
| you | had princed |
| they | had princed |
Future
| I | will prince |
| you | will prince |
| he;she;it | will prince |
| we | will prince |
| you | will prince |
| they | will prince |
Future Perfect
| I | will have princed |
| you | will have princed |
| he;she;it | will have princed |
| we | will have princed |
| you | will have princed |
| they | will have princed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prince |
| you | prince |
| he;she;it | prince |
| we | prince |
| you | prince |
| they | prince |
Perfect
| I | have princed |
| you | have princed |
| he;she;it | have princed |
| we | have princed |
| you | have princed |
| they | have princed |
Imperfect
| I | princed |
| you | princed |
| he;she;it | princed |
| we | princed |
| you | princed |
| they | princed |
Pluperfect
| I | had princed |
| you | had princed |
| he;she;it | had princed |
| we | had princed |
| you | had princed |
| they | had princed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prince |
| you | would prince |
| he;she;it | would prince |
| we | would prince |
| you | would prince |
| they | would prince |
Perfect
| I | would have princed |
| you | would have princed |
| he;she;it | would have princed |
| we | would have princed |
| you | would have princed |
| they | would have princed |
Imperative
| you | prince |
| we | Let's prince |
| you | prince |
Verbs conjugated like 'prince'
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 'prince'
prance,
price,
brine,
crinch,
cringe,
evince,
frine,
fringe,
grice,
mince,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1225, from O.Fr. prince (12c.), from L. princeps (gen. principis) "first, chief, prince," lit. "that takes first" (adj.), from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + root of capere "to take" (see capable). Ger. cognate fürst, from O.H.G. furist "first," is apparently an imitation of the Latin form. Colloquial meaning "admirable or generous person" is from 1911, Amer.Eng.
2. From Middle English prince, from Anglo-Norman prince, from Latin prīnceps (“first head”), from prīmus (“first”) + capiō (“seize, take”). Cognate with Old English fruma (“prince, ruler”). Doublet of princeps and principe.
3. Displaced native Middle English atheling, from Old English æþeling; Middle English kinebarn, from Old English cynebearn; Middle English alder, from Old English ealdor; and Middle English drighten, from Old English dryhten.
Sample Sentences
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The Roofes of Palaces, and Nature prompts them / In ſimple and lowe things, to Prince it, much / Beyond the tricke of others. [1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 382, column 1:]
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All I could remember is the chorus, and something about pumpkins turning into princesses (???!) and frogs turning into princes. I figured she meant the frog was John before she princed him. [2005 March 30, abe slaney, “Question re John Lennon's Death”, in rec.music.beatles (Usenet):]