Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to right
Participle: righted
Gerund: righting
Indicative
Present
| I | right |
| you | right |
| he;she;it | rights |
| we | right |
| you | right |
| they | right |
Perfect
| I | have righted |
| you | have righted |
| he;she;it | has righted |
| we | have righted |
| you | have righted |
| they | have righted |
Past
| I | righted |
| you | righted |
| he;she;it | righted |
| we | righted |
| you | righted |
| they | righted |
Pluperfect
| I | had righted |
| you | had righted |
| he;she;it | had righted |
| we | had righted |
| you | had righted |
| they | had righted |
Future
| I | will right |
| you | will right |
| he;she;it | will right |
| we | will right |
| you | will right |
| they | will right |
Future Perfect
| I | will have righted |
| you | will have righted |
| he;she;it | will have righted |
| we | will have righted |
| you | will have righted |
| they | will have righted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | right |
| you | right |
| he;she;it | right |
| we | right |
| you | right |
| they | right |
Perfect
| I | have righted |
| you | have righted |
| he;she;it | have righted |
| we | have righted |
| you | have righted |
| they | have righted |
Imperfect
| I | righted |
| you | righted |
| he;she;it | righted |
| we | righted |
| you | righted |
| they | righted |
Pluperfect
| I | had righted |
| you | had righted |
| he;she;it | had righted |
| we | had righted |
| you | had righted |
| they | had righted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would right |
| you | would right |
| he;she;it | would right |
| we | would right |
| you | would right |
| they | would right |
Perfect
| I | would have righted |
| you | would have righted |
| he;she;it | would have righted |
| we | would have righted |
| you | would have righted |
| they | would have righted |
Imperative
| you | right |
| we | Let's right |
| you | right |
Verbs conjugated like 'right'
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 'right'
aright,
bright,
dight,
eright,
fight,
fright,
hight,
light,
night,
sight,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
rihtan "to straighten, rule, set up," from
riht (adj.); see right (adj.1). Cf. O.N.
retta "to straighten," Ger.
richten, Goth.
garaihtjan.
2. From Middle English righten, reghten, riȝten, from Old English rihtan, ġerihtan (“to straighten, judge, set upright, set right”), from Proto-West Germanic *rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną (“to straighten; rectify; judge”). See: Old English '
rihtan', Proto-Germanic '
*rihtijaną'.
Verbs referencing "right"
German, old spelling
richten, Danish
rette, Luxembourgish
riichten.
Sample Sentences
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Before it is possible to make any arrangement at all compatible with this novel state of things, the ship rights. Before one can say ‘Thank Heaven ! ’ she wrongs again. Before one can cry she is wrong, she seems to have started forward, and to be a creature actually running of its own accord, with [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] while Cudjoe on the outside is heard making a great muster among the horses. After various ineffectual pullings and twitchings, just as the senator is losing all patience, the carriage suddenly rights itself with a bounce,—two front wheels go down into another abyss, and senator, woman, and child, all tumble promiscuously on to the front seat,—senator's hat is jammed over his eyes and nose quite [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Marcies ! ” said Aunt Chloe; “ don't see no marcy in ’ t ! ’ tan't right ! tan't right it should be so ! Mas’r never ought ter left it so that ye _could_ be took for his debts. Ye 've arnt him all he gets for ye, twice over. He owed ye yer freedom, and ought ter gin ’ t to yer years [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] and kept us well in the rear for some time; but at last he got caught in an impenetrable thicket of cane; then he turned to bay, and I tell you he fought the dogs right gallantly. He dashed them to right and left, and actually killed three of them with only his naked fists, when a shot from a gun brought him down, and he fell, wounded and bleeding, almost at my feet. The poor fellow looked up at me [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)