Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to taw
Participle: tawed
Gerund: tawing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | taw |
| you | taw |
| he;she;it | taws |
| we | taw |
| you | taw |
| they | taw |
Perfect
| I | have tawed |
| you | have tawed |
| he;she;it | has tawed |
| we | have tawed |
| you | have tawed |
| they | have tawed |
Past
| I | tawed |
| you | tawed |
| he;she;it | tawed |
| we | tawed |
| you | tawed |
| they | tawed |
Pluperfect
| I | had tawed |
| you | had tawed |
| he;she;it | had tawed |
| we | had tawed |
| you | had tawed |
| they | had tawed |
Future
| I | will taw |
| you | will taw |
| he;she;it | will taw |
| we | will taw |
| you | will taw |
| they | will taw |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tawed |
| you | will have tawed |
| he;she;it | will have tawed |
| we | will have tawed |
| you | will have tawed |
| they | will have tawed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | taw |
| you | taw |
| he;she;it | taw |
| we | taw |
| you | taw |
| they | taw |
Perfect
| I | have tawed |
| you | have tawed |
| he;she;it | have tawed |
| we | have tawed |
| you | have tawed |
| they | have tawed |
Imperfect
| I | tawed |
| you | tawed |
| he;she;it | tawed |
| we | tawed |
| you | tawed |
| they | tawed |
Pluperfect
| I | had tawed |
| you | had tawed |
| he;she;it | had tawed |
| we | had tawed |
| you | had tawed |
| they | had tawed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would taw |
| you | would taw |
| he;she;it | would taw |
| we | would taw |
| you | would taw |
| they | would taw |
Perfect
| I | would have tawed |
| you | would have tawed |
| he;she;it | would have tawed |
| we | would have tawed |
| you | would have tawed |
| they | would have tawed |
Imperative
| you | taw |
| we | Let's taw |
| you | taw |
Verbs conjugated like 'taw'
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 'taw'
caw,
daw,
gaw,
haw,
jaw,
kaw,
law,
paw,
saw,
staw,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to prepare" (leather), from O.E.
tawian "to do, make," from P.Gmc.
*tawojan (cf. O.Fris.
tawa, O.S.
toian, M.Du.
tauwen, Du.
touwen, O.H.G.
zouwen "to prepare," O.H.G.
zawen "to succeed," Goth.
taujan "to make, prepare"), probably related to the root of O.E.
tol "tool" (see tool).
2. From Middle English tawen, from Old English tawian (“to do, make”), from Proto-West Germanic *tawōn, a variant of Proto-West Germanic *tauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *tawjaną (“to make, prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”).
3. Cognate with Dutch touwen (“to rope, tether, curry”), Dutch tuien (“to fasten with ropes”), German Tau (“rope, hawser, cable”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taujan, “to make, prepare”). Related to tool and possibly to tether. See: Old English '
tawian', Proto-Germanic '
*tawjaną', Dutch '
touwen', Dutch '
tuien'.
Sample Sentences
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Swans vpon the Streame to tawe me [1630, Michael Drayton, The Muses' Elizium:]