Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rend
Participle: rended
Gerund: rending
Indicative
Present
| I | rend |
| you | rend |
| he;she;it | rends |
| we | rend |
| you | rend |
| they | rend |
Perfect
| I | have rended; rent |
| you | have rended; rent |
| he;she;it | has rended; rent |
| we | have rended; rent |
| you | have rended; rent |
| they | have rended; rent |
Past
| I | rended |
| you | rended |
| he;she;it | rended |
| we | rended |
| you | rended |
| they | rended |
Pluperfect
| I | had rended; rent |
| you | had rended; rent |
| he;she;it | had rended; rent |
| we | had rended; rent |
| you | had rended; rent |
| they | had rended; rent |
Future
| I | will rend |
| you | will rend |
| he;she;it | will rend |
| we | will rend |
| you | will rend |
| they | will rend |
Future Perfect
| I | will have rended; rent |
| you | will have rended; rent |
| he;she;it | will have rended; rent |
| we | will have rended; rent |
| you | will have rended; rent |
| they | will have rended; rent |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rend |
| you | rend |
| he;she;it | rend |
| we | rend |
| you | rend |
| they | rend |
Perfect
| I | have rended; rent |
| you | have rended; rent |
| he;she;it | have rended; rent |
| we | have rended; rent |
| you | have rended; rent |
| they | have rended; rent |
Imperfect
| I | rended |
| you | rended |
| he;she;it | rended |
| we | rended |
| you | rended |
| they | rended |
Pluperfect
| I | had rended; rent |
| you | had rended; rent |
| he;she;it | had rended; rent |
| we | had rended; rent |
| you | had rended; rent |
| they | had rended; rent |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rend |
| you | would rend |
| he;she;it | would rend |
| we | would rend |
| you | would rend |
| they | would rend |
Perfect
| I | would have rended; rent |
| you | would have rended; rent |
| he;she;it | would have rended; rent |
| we | would have rended; rent |
| you | would have rended; rent |
| they | would have rended; rent |
Imperative
| you | rend |
| we | Let's rend |
| you | rend |
Verbs similar to 'rend'
bend,
end,
fend,
hend,
lend,
mend,
pend,
rand,
read,
red,
Additional Information
Cf. Old English weak verbs byldan (build), gyldan (gild), bendan (bend), rendan (rend), sendan (send), scendan (shend),
spendan (spend), wendan (wend).
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
rendon "to tear, cut," from W.Gmc.
*randijanan (cf. O.Fris.
renda "to cut, break," M.L.G.
rende "anything broken"), related to
rind. Not found in other Gmc. languages.
2. From Middle English renden, from Old English rendan (“to rend, tear, cut, lacerate, cut down”), from Proto-West Germanic *(h)randijan (“to tear”), of uncertain origin. Believed by some to be the causative of Proto-Germanic *hrindaną (“to push”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱret-, *kret- (“to hit, beat”), which would make it related to Old English hrindan (“to thrust, push”). Cognate with Scots rent (“to rend, tear”), Old Frisian renda (“to tear”). See: Middle English '
renden', Proto-Germanic '
*hrindaną', Old English '
hrindan', Scots '
rent'.
Verbs referencing "rend"
Icelandic
ræna.
Sample Sentences
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[...] “ I _hate_ him ! And isn't he MINE ? Can't I do what I like with him ? Who's to hinder, I wonder ? ” And Legree clenched his fist, and shook it, as if he had something in his hands that he could rend in pieces.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] at once, the force of this defiance. There was not a white person on the place; and, in all southern courts, the testimony of colored blood is nothing. He felt, at that moment, as if he could have rent the heavens with his heart's indignant cry for justice; but in vain.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)