Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to baby
Participle: babied
Gerund: babying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | baby |
| you | baby |
| he;she;it | babies |
| we | baby |
| you | baby |
| they | baby |
Perfect
| I | have babied |
| you | have babied |
| he;she;it | has babied |
| we | have babied |
| you | have babied |
| they | have babied |
Past
| I | babied |
| you | babied |
| he;she;it | babied |
| we | babied |
| you | babied |
| they | babied |
Pluperfect
| I | had babied |
| you | had babied |
| he;she;it | had babied |
| we | had babied |
| you | had babied |
| they | had babied |
Future
| I | will baby |
| you | will baby |
| he;she;it | will baby |
| we | will baby |
| you | will baby |
| they | will baby |
Future Perfect
| I | will have babied |
| you | will have babied |
| he;she;it | will have babied |
| we | will have babied |
| you | will have babied |
| they | will have babied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | baby |
| you | baby |
| he;she;it | baby |
| we | baby |
| you | baby |
| they | baby |
Perfect
| I | have babied |
| you | have babied |
| he;she;it | have babied |
| we | have babied |
| you | have babied |
| they | have babied |
Imperfect
| I | babied |
| you | babied |
| he;she;it | babied |
| we | babied |
| you | babied |
| they | babied |
Pluperfect
| I | had babied |
| you | had babied |
| he;she;it | had babied |
| we | had babied |
| you | had babied |
| they | had babied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would baby |
| you | would baby |
| he;she;it | would baby |
| we | would baby |
| you | would baby |
| they | would baby |
Perfect
| I | would have babied |
| you | would have babied |
| he;she;it | would have babied |
| we | would have babied |
| you | would have babied |
| they | would have babied |
Imperative
| you | baby |
| we | Let's baby |
| you | baby |
Verbs conjugated like 'baby'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'baby'
bab,
bay,
ab,
abuy,
baa,
babify,
babyfy,
bace,
bach,
back,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- transitive: to satisfy the needs or wishes of; to give free reign to
- cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, mother, namby-pamby, nanny, pamper, posset
- coddle
- mollycoddle, pamper, cosset, humor, indulge, fondle, spoil, cater
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
3. Proto-Germanic *bō-redup.
4. Proto-Germanic *babô
5. Proto-West Germanic *babō
6. Old English *baba
7. Middle English babe
8. Proto-Indo-European *-kos
9. Proto-Germanic *-gaz
10. Proto-West Germanic *-g
11. Old English -iġ
12. Middle English -y
13. Middle English baby
14. English baby
15. From Middle English baby, babie (“baby”), a diminutive form of babe (“babe, baby”), equivalent to babe + -y/-ie (“endearing and diminutive suffix”). Perhaps ultimately imitative of baby talk (compare babble).
Sample Sentences
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[…] though he tried to be gruff and mature, he yielded to her and was glad to be babied. [1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC:]
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Then the man effected measles and stayed off the job for six weeks, babying himself at home, though he lived just round the corner from my half-built house. [1944, Emily Carr, “Friction”, in The House of All Sorts:]
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In the past 27 years, "Mr. Mac," as he is known to his 46,000 teammates, has built and babied his McDonnell Co. from nothing into a $1 billion-a-year corporation. [1967 March 31, “Mr. Mac and His Team”, in Time:]
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1912, Linda Craig, interviewed by Theresa Forte, "Tree and Twig farm — a treasure chest of heirloom tomatoes," Welland Tribune, 25 May, 2012, https://web.archive.org/web/20171205052150/http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2012/05/23/tree-and-twig-farm--a-treasure-chest-of-heirloom-tomatoes
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I have grown them for years and although some years are better than others, I have always had loads of tomatoes by not babying them, going easy on the water, and fertilizing with compost in the planting hole.