Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spare
Participle: spared
Gerund: sparing
Indicative
Present
| I | spare |
| you | spare |
| he;she;it | spares |
| we | spare |
| you | spare |
| they | spare |
Perfect
| I | have spared |
| you | have spared |
| he;she;it | has spared |
| we | have spared |
| you | have spared |
| they | have spared |
Past
| I | spared |
| you | spared |
| he;she;it | spared |
| we | spared |
| you | spared |
| they | spared |
Pluperfect
| I | had spared |
| you | had spared |
| he;she;it | had spared |
| we | had spared |
| you | had spared |
| they | had spared |
Future
| I | will spare |
| you | will spare |
| he;she;it | will spare |
| we | will spare |
| you | will spare |
| they | will spare |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spared |
| you | will have spared |
| he;she;it | will have spared |
| we | will have spared |
| you | will have spared |
| they | will have spared |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spare |
| you | spare |
| he;she;it | spare |
| we | spare |
| you | spare |
| they | spare |
Perfect
| I | have spared |
| you | have spared |
| he;she;it | have spared |
| we | have spared |
| you | have spared |
| they | have spared |
Imperfect
| I | spared |
| you | spared |
| he;she;it | spared |
| we | spared |
| you | spared |
| they | spared |
Pluperfect
| I | had spared |
| you | had spared |
| he;she;it | had spared |
| we | had spared |
| you | had spared |
| they | had spared |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spare |
| you | would spare |
| he;she;it | would spare |
| we | would spare |
| you | would spare |
| they | would spare |
Perfect
| I | would have spared |
| you | would have spared |
| he;she;it | would have spared |
| we | would have spared |
| you | would have spared |
| they | would have spared |
Imperative
| you | spare |
| we | Let's spare |
| you | spare |
Verbs conjugated like 'spare'
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 'spare'
pare,
scare,
share,
snare,
space,
spade,
spane,
spar,
sparge,
spark,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English sparen, sparien, from Old English sparian (“to spare, show mercy to, refrain from injuring or destroying”), from Proto-Germanic *sparōną, *sparāną (“to save, keep, spare”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to be productive, earn”).
2. Cognate with Scots spar, spare, spair (“to spare”), West Frisian sparje (“to save, spare”), Dutch sparen (“to save, spare”), German sparen (“to save, conserve, economise”), Swedish spara (“to save, save up”), Icelandic spara (“to save, conserve”). See: Old English '
sparian', Proto-Germanic '
*sparōną', Dutch '
sparen', German, old spelling '
sparen', Swedish '
spara', Icelandic '
spara'.
Verbs referencing "spare"
Danish
spare, German, old spelling
sparen, Icelandic
spara, Latin
parco, Italian
risparmiare, French
épargner, Italian
sparagnare, Luxembourgish
spueren, German, Pennsylvania
schpaare, Welsh
sbario.
Sample Sentences
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“ They are a kind of providences that you'll have to be pretty sparing of, Master Sam. I allow no such practices with gentlemen on my place, ” said Mr. Shelby, with as much sternness as he could command, under the circumstances.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] were two girls named Edmundson in the same company. When about to be sent to the same market, an older sister went to the shambles, to plead with the wretch who owned them, for the love of God, to spare his victims. He bantered her, telling what fine dresses and fine furniture they would have. ‘Yes, ’ she said, ‘that may do very well in this life, but what will become of them in the next ? ’ They [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Should we bend iron to beat you? Even this can break your head. We spare you because you are artists. One punch and all three will fly in air.
(Geethanjali Malli Vachindi)