Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to wilt
Participle: wilted
Gerund: wilting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | wilt |
| you | wilt |
| he;she;it | wilts |
| we | wilt |
| you | wilt |
| they | wilt |
Perfect
| I | have wilted |
| you | have wilted |
| he;she;it | has wilted |
| we | have wilted |
| you | have wilted |
| they | have wilted |
Past
| I | wilted |
| you | wilted |
| he;she;it | wilted |
| we | wilted |
| you | wilted |
| they | wilted |
Pluperfect
| I | had wilted |
| you | had wilted |
| he;she;it | had wilted |
| we | had wilted |
| you | had wilted |
| they | had wilted |
Future
| I | will wilt |
| you | will wilt |
| he;she;it | will wilt |
| we | will wilt |
| you | will wilt |
| they | will wilt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wilted |
| you | will have wilted |
| he;she;it | will have wilted |
| we | will have wilted |
| you | will have wilted |
| they | will have wilted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | wilt |
| you | wilt |
| he;she;it | wilt |
| we | wilt |
| you | wilt |
| they | wilt |
Perfect
| I | have wilted |
| you | have wilted |
| he;she;it | have wilted |
| we | have wilted |
| you | have wilted |
| they | have wilted |
Imperfect
| I | wilted |
| you | wilted |
| he;she;it | wilted |
| we | wilted |
| you | wilted |
| they | wilted |
Pluperfect
| I | had wilted |
| you | had wilted |
| he;she;it | had wilted |
| we | had wilted |
| you | had wilted |
| they | had wilted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would wilt |
| you | would wilt |
| he;she;it | would wilt |
| we | would wilt |
| you | would wilt |
| they | would wilt |
Perfect
| I | would have wilted |
| you | would have wilted |
| he;she;it | would have wilted |
| we | would have wilted |
| you | would have wilted |
| they | would have wilted |
Imperative
| you | wilt |
| we | Let's wilt |
| you | wilt |
Verbs conjugated like 'wilt'
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 'wilt'
hilt,
jilt,
kilt,
lilt,
milt,
silt,
tilt,
twilt,
walt,
welt,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1691, probably an alteration of
welk "to wilt," probably from M.Du. or M.L.G.
welken "to wither," cognate with O.H.G.
irwelhen "become soft."
2. Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from Middle English welken, presumed from Middle Dutch (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or Middle Low German welken (“to wither”), cognate with Old High German irwelhen (“to become soft”). See: Middle English '
welken'.
Sample Sentences
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Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena. [2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, “Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:]
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Caught between hails of 5″/38 fire and working Mk 14 torpedoes, on the one hand, and 16-inch batteries backed up by even more 5″/38 guns, on the other, the Japanese cruisers rapidly began to wilt under the sustained bombardment; firing off any remaining torpedoes they had at any targets that they could find and bring to bear, the survivors wheeled about and began to beat a retreat. [2021 May 5, Drachinifel, 40:43 from the start, in Battle of Samar - What if TF34 was there?, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022:]
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Peer pressure on both partners, even from within the lesbian community, can help to wilt a budding intergenerational romance. [1982 February 6, Mary E. O'Shaughnessy, “Younger And Older Lesbians”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 28, page 4:]