weaken – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of weaken

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to weaken
Participle: weakened
Gerund: weakening

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of weaken

Indicative

Present

Iweaken
youweaken
he;she;itweakens
weweaken
youweaken
theyweaken

Perfect

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

Past

Iweakened
youweakened
he;she;itweakened
weweakened
youweakened
theyweakened

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Iweaken
youweaken
he;she;itweaken
weweaken
youweaken
theyweaken

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Iweakened
youweakened
he;she;itweakened
weweakened
youweakened
theyweakened

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youweaken
weLet's weaken
youweaken

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'weaken'

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 'weaken'

waken, aken, awaken, bleaken, deaden, deafen, easen, enweaken, faken, hearken,

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From weak + -en.

Verbs referencing "weaken"

Proto-Germanic wiganą.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] entertain the wildest and maddest hopes of the fortune and independence that await them on the other side, the impulse to play traitor, which such a place suggests to dishonest minds, is not weakened. But it very rarely happens that the men who do desert, are happy or contented afterwards; and many instances have been known in which they have confessed their grievous disappointment, and their [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)