Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to becalm
Participle: becalmed
Gerund: becalming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | becalm |
| you | becalm |
| he;she;it | becalms |
| we | becalm |
| you | becalm |
| they | becalm |
Perfect
| I | have becalmed |
| you | have becalmed |
| he;she;it | has becalmed |
| we | have becalmed |
| you | have becalmed |
| they | have becalmed |
Past
| I | becalmed |
| you | becalmed |
| he;she;it | becalmed |
| we | becalmed |
| you | becalmed |
| they | becalmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had becalmed |
| you | had becalmed |
| he;she;it | had becalmed |
| we | had becalmed |
| you | had becalmed |
| they | had becalmed |
Future
| I | will becalm |
| you | will becalm |
| he;she;it | will becalm |
| we | will becalm |
| you | will becalm |
| they | will becalm |
Future Perfect
| I | will have becalmed |
| you | will have becalmed |
| he;she;it | will have becalmed |
| we | will have becalmed |
| you | will have becalmed |
| they | will have becalmed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | becalm |
| you | becalm |
| he;she;it | becalm |
| we | becalm |
| you | becalm |
| they | becalm |
Perfect
| I | have becalmed |
| you | have becalmed |
| he;she;it | have becalmed |
| we | have becalmed |
| you | have becalmed |
| they | have becalmed |
Imperfect
| I | becalmed |
| you | becalmed |
| he;she;it | becalmed |
| we | becalmed |
| you | becalmed |
| they | becalmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had becalmed |
| you | had becalmed |
| he;she;it | had becalmed |
| we | had becalmed |
| you | had becalmed |
| they | had becalmed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would becalm |
| you | would becalm |
| he;she;it | would becalm |
| we | would becalm |
| you | would becalm |
| they | would becalm |
Perfect
| I | would have becalmed |
| you | would have becalmed |
| he;she;it | would have becalmed |
| we | would have becalmed |
| you | would have becalmed |
| they | would have becalmed |
Imperative
| you | becalm |
| we | Let's becalm |
| you | becalm |
Verbs conjugated like 'becalm'
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 'becalm'
becall,
balm,
beal,
beam,
becare,
becast,
bechalk,
becharm,
beclam,
befall,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
6. Proto-Germanic *bider.
7. Proto-Germanic *bi-
8. Proto-West Germanic *bi-
9. Old English be-
10. Middle English bi-
11. English be-
12. English calm
13. English becalm
14. From be- + calm.
Sample Sentences
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[…] there is neither house nor landes, nor great store of gold & siluer, nor honor and noblenes of blood, nor greatnes of office, and estate, nor the grace and vehemencie of speach, which doth so much lighten, and so sweetlie becalme the life of man, as an vndefiled conscience […] [1589, John Clapham, transl., A philosophicall treatise concerning the quietnes of the mind, London: Thomas Newman:]
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Almighty Beauty quite becalms my Rage:
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In looking on thee, I forget thy Crimes: [1717, Delarivier Manley, Lucius, the First Christian King of Britain, London: John Barber, act IV, scene 1, page 39:]
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“Pardon me,” he said, with a quietness that struck the company with a becalming awe. [1897, Opie Read, chapter 6, in Old Ebenezer, Chicago: Laird & Lee, page 57:]
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1555, Richard Eden (translator), The decades of the newe worlde or west India conteynyng the nauigations and conquestes of the Spanyardes by Peter Martyr d’Anghiera, London: Edward Sutton, “The seconde v[o]yage to Guinea,” p. 351,
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[…] there we were becalmed the .xx. day of Nouember from .vi. of the clocke in the mornynge vntyll foure of the clocke at after none.
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In the following two days, they made fast progress, strong easterly winds driving them down the Channel to where it opened out into the Atlantic; there, they were briefly becalmed. [2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 214:]