Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to begift
Participle: begifted
Gerund: begifting
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | begift |
| you | begift |
| he;she;it | begifts |
| we | begift |
| you | begift |
| they | begift |
Perfect
| I | have begifted |
| you | have begifted |
| he;she;it | has begifted |
| we | have begifted |
| you | have begifted |
| they | have begifted |
Past
| I | begifted |
| you | begifted |
| he;she;it | begifted |
| we | begifted |
| you | begifted |
| they | begifted |
Pluperfect
| I | had begifted |
| you | had begifted |
| he;she;it | had begifted |
| we | had begifted |
| you | had begifted |
| they | had begifted |
Future
| I | will begift |
| you | will begift |
| he;she;it | will begift |
| we | will begift |
| you | will begift |
| they | will begift |
Future Perfect
| I | will have begifted |
| you | will have begifted |
| he;she;it | will have begifted |
| we | will have begifted |
| you | will have begifted |
| they | will have begifted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | begift |
| you | begift |
| he;she;it | begift |
| we | begift |
| you | begift |
| they | begift |
Perfect
| I | have begifted |
| you | have begifted |
| he;she;it | have begifted |
| we | have begifted |
| you | have begifted |
| they | have begifted |
Imperfect
| I | begifted |
| you | begifted |
| he;she;it | begifted |
| we | begifted |
| you | begifted |
| they | begifted |
Pluperfect
| I | had begifted |
| you | had begifted |
| he;she;it | had begifted |
| we | had begifted |
| you | had begifted |
| they | had begifted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would begift |
| you | would begift |
| he;she;it | would begift |
| we | would begift |
| you | would begift |
| they | would begift |
Perfect
| I | would have begifted |
| you | would have begifted |
| he;she;it | would have begifted |
| we | would have begifted |
| you | would have begifted |
| they | would have begifted |
Imperative
| you | begift |
| we | Let's begift |
| you | begift |
Verbs conjugated like 'begift'
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 'begift'
begirt,
regift,
bedirt,
bedrift,
befit,
beget,
begild,
begin,
begink,
begird,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English bigiften (“to entrust”), equivalent to be- + gift. Cognate with Dutch begiften (“to endow”), German begiften (“to endow”), Swedish begåva (“to endow, dower”). See: Dutch '
begiften', German, old spelling '
begiften', Swedish '
begåva'.
Sample Sentences
-
I suspect, for instance, that Bill Gates might not have wanted to begift such a program with the Microsoft name. [2005, Philip R. Sullivan, The World According To Homo Sapiens:]
-
They are harangued, bedinnered, begifted,[...] [1838, Thomas Carlyle, The French revolution: a history:]
-
Mr. EH Cooper protests against the extravagant manner in which the children of the well-to-do are "amused" and begifted at Christmas: [...] [1905, William Thomas Stead, The Review of reviews:]
-
If you are an occasional reader and would like to receive the magazine regularly — or if you are a subscriber and would like to begift a friend, colleague or relative — use the form below. [1974, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists:]