Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to purchase
Participle: purchased
Gerund: purchasing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | purchase |
| you | purchase |
| he;she;it | purchases |
| we | purchase |
| you | purchase |
| they | purchase |
Perfect
| I | have purchased |
| you | have purchased |
| he;she;it | has purchased |
| we | have purchased |
| you | have purchased |
| they | have purchased |
Past
| I | purchased |
| you | purchased |
| he;she;it | purchased |
| we | purchased |
| you | purchased |
| they | purchased |
Pluperfect
| I | had purchased |
| you | had purchased |
| he;she;it | had purchased |
| we | had purchased |
| you | had purchased |
| they | had purchased |
Future
| I | will purchase |
| you | will purchase |
| he;she;it | will purchase |
| we | will purchase |
| you | will purchase |
| they | will purchase |
Future Perfect
| I | will have purchased |
| you | will have purchased |
| he;she;it | will have purchased |
| we | will have purchased |
| you | will have purchased |
| they | will have purchased |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | purchase |
| you | purchase |
| he;she;it | purchase |
| we | purchase |
| you | purchase |
| they | purchase |
Perfect
| I | have purchased |
| you | have purchased |
| he;she;it | have purchased |
| we | have purchased |
| you | have purchased |
| they | have purchased |
Imperfect
| I | purchased |
| you | purchased |
| he;she;it | purchased |
| we | purchased |
| you | purchased |
| they | purchased |
Pluperfect
| I | had purchased |
| you | had purchased |
| he;she;it | had purchased |
| we | had purchased |
| you | had purchased |
| they | had purchased |
Conditional
Present
| I | would purchase |
| you | would purchase |
| he;she;it | would purchase |
| we | would purchase |
| you | would purchase |
| they | would purchase |
Perfect
| I | would have purchased |
| you | would have purchased |
| he;she;it | would have purchased |
| we | would have purchased |
| you | would have purchased |
| they | would have purchased |
Imperative
| you | purchase |
| we | Let's purchase |
| you | purchase |
Verbs conjugated like 'purchase'
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 'purchase'
repurchase,
surcease,
archaise,
chase,
enchase,
furcate,
inchase,
outpurchase,
perceave,
phase,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- obtain (something) in exchange for money
- acquire, buy, shop
- to receive goods or services in exchange for money
- aby, buy, cheap, procure, snap up
- buy
- bargain, acquisition, procurement, buying, steal
Antonyms
- to take something that does not belong to one
- buy, earn, receive, return, steal
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1290, "obtain, contrive, bring about," from Anglo-Fr.
purchaser "go after," from
pur- "forth" (possibly used here as an intensive prefix; see purblind) + O.Fr.
chacier "run after" (see chase). Sense of "buy" first recorded 1377, though the word continued to be used for "to get by conquest in war, obtain as booty" up to 17c. Noun meaning "that which is bought" is recorded from 1587. The sense of "hold or position for advantageously applying power" (1711) is extended from the nautical verb meaning "to haul or draw (especially by mechanical power)," used especially of hauling up anchors, and attested from 1567.
2. From Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer (“seek to obtain”) from pur- (from Latin pro-) + chac(i)er (“to chase, pursue”). Compare Old French porchacier (“to follow, to chase”), which has given French pourchasser (“to chase without relent”). See: Anglo-Norman '
purchacer', Old French '
porchacier', French '
pourchasser'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] in the rare footprint on the oozy ground, and sprouts like witches ’ coral, from the crevices in the cabin wall and floor; it is a hideous thing to lie upon the very threshold of a city. But it was purchased years ago, and as the owner cannot be discovered, the State has been unable to reclaim it. So there it remains, in the midst of cultivation and improvement, like ground accursed, and made obscene [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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They are good farmers, and all their produce is eagerly purchased and highly esteemed. ‘Shaker seeds, ’ ‘Shaker herbs, ’ and ‘Shaker distilled waters, ’ are commonly announced for sale in the shops of towns and cities. They are good breeders of cattle, and are [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] matters of the very commonest occurrence. Above all it is the duty of any Government, be it monarchy or republic, to interpose and put an end to that system by which a firm of traders in emigrants purchase of the owners the whole ’ tween-decks of a ship, and send on board as many wretched people as they can lay hold of, on any terms they can get, without the smallest reference to the conveniences of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] in England, are unacquainted. Dissenters resort thither in great numbers, as other people do, simply because it is a land of resort; and great settlements of them are founded, because ground can be purchased, and towns and villages reared, where there were none of the human creation before. But even the Shakers emigrated from England; our country is not unknown to Mr. Joseph Smith, the apostle of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] And here we may recognize the St. Clare servants,—Tom, Adolph, and others; and there, too, Susan and Emmeline, awaiting their turn with anxious and dejected faces. Various spectators, intending to purchase, or not intending, examining, and commenting on their various points and faces with the same freedom that a set of jockeys discuss the merits of a horse.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Mr. Simon Legree, Tom's master, had purchased slaves at one place and another, in New Orleans, to the number of eight, and driven them, handcuffed, in couples of two and two, down to the good steamer Pirate, which lay at the levee, ready for a [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] rose to view. The estate had formerly belonged to a gentleman of opulence and taste, who had bestowed some considerable attention to the adornment of his grounds. Having died insolvent, it had been purchased, at a bargain, by Legree, who used it, as he did everything else, merely as an implement for money-making. The place had that ragged, forlorn appearance, which is always produced by the evidence [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] may annoy a master. Tom in various ways manifested a tenderness of feeling, a commiseration for his fellow-sufferers, strange and new to them, which was watched with a jealous eye by Legree. He had purchased Tom with a view of eventually making him a sort of overseer, with whom he might, at times, intrust his affairs, in short absences; and, in his view, the first, second, and third requisite for that [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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She stopped in the outskirts of the town, where she had noticed trunks for sale, and purchased a handsome one. This she requested the man to send along with her. And, accordingly, thus escorted by a boy wheeling her trunk, and Emmeline behind her, carrying her carpet-bag and sundry bundles, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)