Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to abolish
Participle: abolished
Gerund: abolishing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | abolish |
| you | abolish |
| he;she;it | abolishes |
| we | abolish |
| you | abolish |
| they | abolish |
Perfect
| I | have abolished |
| you | have abolished |
| he;she;it | has abolished |
| we | have abolished |
| you | have abolished |
| they | have abolished |
Past
| I | abolished |
| you | abolished |
| he;she;it | abolished |
| we | abolished |
| you | abolished |
| they | abolished |
Pluperfect
| I | had abolished |
| you | had abolished |
| he;she;it | had abolished |
| we | had abolished |
| you | had abolished |
| they | had abolished |
Future
| I | will abolish |
| you | will abolish |
| he;she;it | will abolish |
| we | will abolish |
| you | will abolish |
| they | will abolish |
Future Perfect
| I | will have abolished |
| you | will have abolished |
| he;she;it | will have abolished |
| we | will have abolished |
| you | will have abolished |
| they | will have abolished |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | abolish |
| you | abolish |
| he;she;it | abolish |
| we | abolish |
| you | abolish |
| they | abolish |
Perfect
| I | have abolished |
| you | have abolished |
| he;she;it | have abolished |
| we | have abolished |
| you | have abolished |
| they | have abolished |
Imperfect
| I | abolished |
| you | abolished |
| he;she;it | abolished |
| we | abolished |
| you | abolished |
| they | abolished |
Pluperfect
| I | had abolished |
| you | had abolished |
| he;she;it | had abolished |
| we | had abolished |
| you | had abolished |
| they | had abolished |
Conditional
Present
| I | would abolish |
| you | would abolish |
| he;she;it | would abolish |
| we | would abolish |
| you | would abolish |
| they | would abolish |
Perfect
| I | would have abolished |
| you | would have abolished |
| he;she;it | would have abolished |
| we | would have abolished |
| you | would have abolished |
| they | would have abolished |
Imperative
| you | abolish |
| we | Let's abolish |
| you | abolish |
Verbs conjugated like 'abolish'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'abolish'
polish,
unabolish,
abash,
abomine,
abscise,
absciss,
absist,
admonish,
adonise,
agonise,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1459, from M.Fr.
aboliss-, prp. stem of
abolir "to abolish," from L.
abolescere "to die out, decay little by little," inceptive of L.
abolere "to retard the growth of," from
ab- "from" +
adolere "to grow," from PIE
*ol-eye-, causative of base
*al- "to grow, nourish" (see old). Tucker writes that there has been a confusion of forms in L., based on similar roots, one meaning "to grow," the other "to destroy." Application to persons and concrete objects has long been obsolete.
2. From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French aboliss-, extended stem of abolir, from Latin abolēre (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), and inchoative abolēscere (“to wither, vanish, cease”). See: Latin '
aboleo'.
Verbs referencing "abolish"
Ido abolisar.
Sample Sentences
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Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
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The abolition of the death penalty in international law [2002, William Schabas, The abolition of the death penalty in international law, Cambridge University Press, title:]
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And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot. [1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene:]
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His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him. [1892, Alfred Tennyson, The Marriage of Geraint:]