safe – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of safe

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to safe
Participle: safed
Gerund: safing

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Isafe
yousafe
he;she;itsafes
wesafe
yousafe
theysafe

Perfect

Ihave safed
youhave safed
he;she;ithas safed
wehave safed
youhave safed
theyhave safed

Past

Isafed
yousafed
he;she;itsafed
wesafed
yousafed
theysafed

Pluperfect

Ihad safed
youhad safed
he;she;ithad safed
wehad safed
youhad safed
theyhad safed

Future

Iwill safe
youwill safe
he;she;itwill safe
wewill safe
youwill safe
theywill safe

Future Perfect

Iwill have safed
youwill have safed
he;she;itwill have safed
wewill have safed
youwill have safed
theywill have safed

Subjunctive

Present

Isafe
yousafe
he;she;itsafe
wesafe
yousafe
theysafe

Perfect

Ihave safed
youhave safed
he;she;ithave safed
wehave safed
youhave safed
theyhave safed

Imperfect

Isafed
yousafed
he;she;itsafed
wesafed
yousafed
theysafed

Pluperfect

Ihad safed
youhad safed
he;she;ithad safed
wehad safed
youhad safed
theyhad safed

Conditional

Present

Iwould safe
youwould safe
he;she;itwould safe
wewould safe
youwould safe
theywould safe

Perfect

Iwould have safed
youwould have safed
he;she;itwould have safed
wewould have safed
youwould have safed
theywould have safed

Imperative

yousafe
weLet's safe
yousafe

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam safing
youare safing
he;she;itis safing
weare safing
youare safing
theyare safing

Perfect

Ihave been safing
youhave been safing
he;she;ithas been safing
wehave been safing
youhave been safing
theyhave been safing

Past

Iwas safing
youwere safing
he;she;itwas safing
wewere safing
youwere safing
theywere safing

Pluperfect

Ihad been safing
youhad been safing
he;she;ithad been safing
wehad been safing
youhad been safing
theyhad been safing

Future

Iwill be safing
youwill be safing
he;she;itwill be safing
wewill be safing
youwill be safing
theywill be safing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been safing
youwill have been safing
he;she;itwill have been safing
wewill have been safing
youwill have been safing
theywill have been safing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be safing
youwould be safing
he;she;itwould be safing
wewould be safing
youwould be safing
theywould be safing

Perfect

Iwould have been safing
youwould have been safing
he;she;itwould have been safing
wewould have been safing
youwould have been safing
theywould have been safing

Other

Verbs similar to 'safe'

sade, safen, sage, sale, sate, save, ace, age, ape, awe,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From Middle English sauf, safe, saf, saaf, from Old French sauf, saulf, salf (“safe”), from Latin salvus (“whole, safe”), from Proto-Italic *salawos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, every”).
2. Displaced Old English sicor (“secure, sure”).

Sample Sentences

  • “It just trails behind the pylon until I land, then Cramer removes it when he safes the rocket pods. No evidence of anything when I taxi back inside the compound.” [2007, Rocky Raab, Mike Five Eight: Air War Over Cambodia: Air War Over Cambodia:]
  • One of the most important events after touchdown will be to safe the Dauntless, which will include purging the engines and shutting down the landing systems […] [2012, Erik Seedhouse, Interplanetary Outpost:]