Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to abject
Participle: abjected
Gerund: abjecting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | abject |
| you | abject |
| he;she;it | abjects |
| we | abject |
| you | abject |
| they | abject |
Perfect
| I | have abjected |
| you | have abjected |
| he;she;it | has abjected |
| we | have abjected |
| you | have abjected |
| they | have abjected |
Past
| I | abjected |
| you | abjected |
| he;she;it | abjected |
| we | abjected |
| you | abjected |
| they | abjected |
Pluperfect
| I | had abjected |
| you | had abjected |
| he;she;it | had abjected |
| we | had abjected |
| you | had abjected |
| they | had abjected |
Future
| I | will abject |
| you | will abject |
| he;she;it | will abject |
| we | will abject |
| you | will abject |
| they | will abject |
Future Perfect
| I | will have abjected |
| you | will have abjected |
| he;she;it | will have abjected |
| we | will have abjected |
| you | will have abjected |
| they | will have abjected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | abject |
| you | abject |
| he;she;it | abject |
| we | abject |
| you | abject |
| they | abject |
Perfect
| I | have abjected |
| you | have abjected |
| he;she;it | have abjected |
| we | have abjected |
| you | have abjected |
| they | have abjected |
Imperfect
| I | abjected |
| you | abjected |
| he;she;it | abjected |
| we | abjected |
| you | abjected |
| they | abjected |
Pluperfect
| I | had abjected |
| you | had abjected |
| he;she;it | had abjected |
| we | had abjected |
| you | had abjected |
| they | had abjected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would abject |
| you | would abject |
| he;she;it | would abject |
| we | would abject |
| you | would abject |
| they | would abject |
Perfect
| I | would have abjected |
| you | would have abjected |
| he;she;it | would have abjected |
| we | would have abjected |
| you | would have abjected |
| they | would have abjected |
Imperative
| you | abject |
| we | Let's abject |
| you | abject |
Verbs conjugated like 'abject'
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 'abject'
adject,
object,
abduct,
abet,
abreact,
absent,
adlect,
advect,
affect,
allect,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1430, "cast off, rejected," from L. abjectus, pp. of abicere "throw away, cast off," from ab- "away, off" + jacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Fig. sense of "downcast, brought low" first attested 1520.
2. From Late Middle English abjecten (“to cast out, expel”) [and other forms], from abiect, abject (adjective) (see etymology 1).
3. Sense 3 (“of a fungus: to give off (spores or sporidia)”) is modelled after German abschleudern (“to give off forcefully”).
Sample Sentences
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[…] Dauid durſt not touch Saul, though he vvas abiected by God. [1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Elizabeth Queene of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. […]”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William Hall and John Beale, for John Sudbury and George Humble, […], →OCLC, book IX ([Englands Monarchs] […]), paragraph 104, page 848, column 1:]
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Rather than abjecting her own fat body, the Ipecac-taking fat girl is abjecting diet culture. [2001, Le’a Kent, “Fighting Abjection: Representing Fat Women”, in Jana Evans Braziel, Kathleen LeBesco, editors, Bodies out of Bounds: Fatness and Transgression, Berkeley; Los Angeles, Calif.; London: University of California Press, →ISBN, part I (Revaluing Corpulence, Redefining Fat Subjectivities), page 141:]
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What phrases of abjecting themselves, in respect of the prince, can exceed David's humble expressing of himself to Saul? [a. 1632 (date written), John Donne, “Sermon IX. Preached on Candlemas Day.”, in Henry Alford, editor, The Works of John Donne, D.D., […], volume I, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 182:]