Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sentence
Participle: sentenced
Gerund: sentencing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | sentence |
| you | sentence |
| he;she;it | sentences |
| we | sentence |
| you | sentence |
| they | sentence |
Perfect
| I | have sentenced |
| you | have sentenced |
| he;she;it | has sentenced |
| we | have sentenced |
| you | have sentenced |
| they | have sentenced |
Past
| I | sentenced |
| you | sentenced |
| he;she;it | sentenced |
| we | sentenced |
| you | sentenced |
| they | sentenced |
Pluperfect
| I | had sentenced |
| you | had sentenced |
| he;she;it | had sentenced |
| we | had sentenced |
| you | had sentenced |
| they | had sentenced |
Future
| I | will sentence |
| you | will sentence |
| he;she;it | will sentence |
| we | will sentence |
| you | will sentence |
| they | will sentence |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sentenced |
| you | will have sentenced |
| he;she;it | will have sentenced |
| we | will have sentenced |
| you | will have sentenced |
| they | will have sentenced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sentence |
| you | sentence |
| he;she;it | sentence |
| we | sentence |
| you | sentence |
| they | sentence |
Perfect
| I | have sentenced |
| you | have sentenced |
| he;she;it | have sentenced |
| we | have sentenced |
| you | have sentenced |
| they | have sentenced |
Imperfect
| I | sentenced |
| you | sentenced |
| he;she;it | sentenced |
| we | sentenced |
| you | sentenced |
| they | sentenced |
Pluperfect
| I | had sentenced |
| you | had sentenced |
| he;she;it | had sentenced |
| we | had sentenced |
| you | had sentenced |
| they | had sentenced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sentence |
| you | would sentence |
| he;she;it | would sentence |
| we | would sentence |
| you | would sentence |
| they | would sentence |
Perfect
| I | would have sentenced |
| you | would have sentenced |
| he;she;it | would have sentenced |
| we | would have sentenced |
| you | would have sentenced |
| they | would have sentenced |
Imperative
| you | sentence |
| we | Let's sentence |
| you | sentence |
Verbs conjugated like 'sentence'
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 'sentence'
resentence,
senesce,
sequence,
condence,
defence,
denounce,
encense,
enhance,
enounce,
entend,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1290, "doctrine, authoritative teaching," from O.Fr. sentence (12c.), from L. sententia "thought, meaning, judgment, opinion," from sentientem, prp. of sentire "be of opinion, feel, perceive" (see sense). Loss of first -i- in L. by dissimilation. Meaning "punishment imposed by a court" is from c.1300; that of "grammatically complete statement" is attested from 1447, from notion of "meaning," then "meaning expressed in words." The verb meaning "to pass judgment" is recorded from c.1400.
2. Borrowed from Middle French sentence, from Latin sententia (“way of thinking, opinion, sentiment”), from sentiēns, present participle of sentiō (“to feel, think”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).
Sample Sentences
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[...] stakes, something after the manner of an enclosure for keeping elephants in, as we see it represented in Eastern prints and pictures. The prisoners wear a parti-coloured dress; and those who are sentenced to hard labour, work at nail-making, or stone-cutting. When I was there, the latter class of labourers were employed upon the stone for a new custom-house in course of erection at Boston. They [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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In another cell, there was a German, sentenced to five years ’ imprisonment for larceny, two of which had just expired. With colours procured in the same manner, he had painted every inch of the walls and ceiling quite beautifully. He had laid [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] almost worse than all; for then he thinks the prison will take fire and he be burnt in the ruins, or that he is doomed to die within the walls, or that he will be detained on some false charge and sentenced for another term: or that something, no matter what, must happen to prevent his going at large. And this is natural, and impossible to be reasoned against, because, after his long separation from [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] he wished to be put beyond the reach of temptation; and that he could think of no better way than this. It was pointed out to him, in reply, that the prison was for criminals who had been tried and sentenced by the law, and could not be made available for any such fanciful purposes; he was exhorted to abstain from intoxicating drinks, as he surely might if he would; and received other very good advice, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] case, was that of a man who once went to a certain distiller 's and stole a copper measure containing a quantity of liquor. He was pursued and taken with the property in his possession, and was sentenced to two years ’ imprisonment. On coming out of the jail, at the expiration of that term, he went back to the same distiller 's, and stole the same copper measure containing the same quantity of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)