Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to behead
Participle: beheaded
Gerund: beheading
Indicative
Present
| I | behead |
| you | behead |
| he;she;it | beheads |
| we | behead |
| you | behead |
| they | behead |
Perfect
| I | have beheaded |
| you | have beheaded |
| he;she;it | has beheaded |
| we | have beheaded |
| you | have beheaded |
| they | have beheaded |
Past
| I | beheaded |
| you | beheaded |
| he;she;it | beheaded |
| we | beheaded |
| you | beheaded |
| they | beheaded |
Pluperfect
| I | had beheaded |
| you | had beheaded |
| he;she;it | had beheaded |
| we | had beheaded |
| you | had beheaded |
| they | had beheaded |
Future
| I | will behead |
| you | will behead |
| he;she;it | will behead |
| we | will behead |
| you | will behead |
| they | will behead |
Future Perfect
| I | will have beheaded |
| you | will have beheaded |
| he;she;it | will have beheaded |
| we | will have beheaded |
| you | will have beheaded |
| they | will have beheaded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | behead |
| you | behead |
| he;she;it | behead |
| we | behead |
| you | behead |
| they | behead |
Perfect
| I | have beheaded |
| you | have beheaded |
| he;she;it | have beheaded |
| we | have beheaded |
| you | have beheaded |
| they | have beheaded |
Imperfect
| I | beheaded |
| you | beheaded |
| he;she;it | beheaded |
| we | beheaded |
| you | beheaded |
| they | beheaded |
Pluperfect
| I | had beheaded |
| you | had beheaded |
| he;she;it | had beheaded |
| we | had beheaded |
| you | had beheaded |
| they | had beheaded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would behead |
| you | would behead |
| he;she;it | would behead |
| we | would behead |
| you | would behead |
| they | would behead |
Perfect
| I | would have beheaded |
| you | would have beheaded |
| he;she;it | would have beheaded |
| we | would have beheaded |
| you | would have beheaded |
| they | would have beheaded |
Imperative
| you | behead |
| we | Let's behead |
| you | behead |
Verbs conjugated like 'behead'
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 'behead'
behear,
belead,
beread,
rehead,
bead,
becheat,
bedeal,
bedear,
behand,
behap,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English beheden, bihefden, biheveden, from Old English behēafdian (“to behead”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaubudōn, *bihaubidōn (“to behead”), equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + head. Cognate with Middle High German behoubeten (“to behead”). See: Middle High German '
behoubeten'.
Sample Sentences
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“For a while it was hand-to-hand between us,
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then blood went curling along the currents
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and I beheaded Grendel's mother in the hall
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with a mighty sword.”] [1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 68:]