Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to proverb
Participle: proverbed
Gerund: proverbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | proverb |
| you | proverb |
| he;she;it | proverbs |
| we | proverb |
| you | proverb |
| they | proverb |
Perfect
| I | have proverbed |
| you | have proverbed |
| he;she;it | has proverbed |
| we | have proverbed |
| you | have proverbed |
| they | have proverbed |
Past
| I | proverbed |
| you | proverbed |
| he;she;it | proverbed |
| we | proverbed |
| you | proverbed |
| they | proverbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had proverbed |
| you | had proverbed |
| he;she;it | had proverbed |
| we | had proverbed |
| you | had proverbed |
| they | had proverbed |
Future
| I | will proverb |
| you | will proverb |
| he;she;it | will proverb |
| we | will proverb |
| you | will proverb |
| they | will proverb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have proverbed |
| you | will have proverbed |
| he;she;it | will have proverbed |
| we | will have proverbed |
| you | will have proverbed |
| they | will have proverbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | proverb |
| you | proverb |
| he;she;it | proverb |
| we | proverb |
| you | proverb |
| they | proverb |
Perfect
| I | have proverbed |
| you | have proverbed |
| he;she;it | have proverbed |
| we | have proverbed |
| you | have proverbed |
| they | have proverbed |
Imperfect
| I | proverbed |
| you | proverbed |
| he;she;it | proverbed |
| we | proverbed |
| you | proverbed |
| they | proverbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had proverbed |
| you | had proverbed |
| he;she;it | had proverbed |
| we | had proverbed |
| you | had proverbed |
| they | had proverbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would proverb |
| you | would proverb |
| he;she;it | would proverb |
| we | would proverb |
| you | would proverb |
| they | would proverb |
Perfect
| I | would have proverbed |
| you | would have proverbed |
| he;she;it | would have proverbed |
| we | would have proverbed |
| you | would have proverbed |
| they | would have proverbed |
Imperative
| you | proverb |
| we | Let's proverb |
| you | proverb |
Verbs conjugated like 'proverb'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'proverb'
frover,
profer,
prove,
reverb,
adverb,
broker,
cover,
drove,
govern,
grocer,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Old French proverbe, from Latin proverbium.
Sample Sentences
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Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool / In every street, do they not say, "How well / Are come upon him his deserts?" [1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 203–205:]
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I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase. [c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:]