Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bright
Participle: brighted
Gerund: brighting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bright |
| you | bright |
| he;she;it | brights |
| we | bright |
| you | bright |
| they | bright |
Perfect
| I | have brighted |
| you | have brighted |
| he;she;it | has brighted |
| we | have brighted |
| you | have brighted |
| they | have brighted |
Past
| I | brighted |
| you | brighted |
| he;she;it | brighted |
| we | brighted |
| you | brighted |
| they | brighted |
Pluperfect
| I | had brighted |
| you | had brighted |
| he;she;it | had brighted |
| we | had brighted |
| you | had brighted |
| they | had brighted |
Future
| I | will bright |
| you | will bright |
| he;she;it | will bright |
| we | will bright |
| you | will bright |
| they | will bright |
Future Perfect
| I | will have brighted |
| you | will have brighted |
| he;she;it | will have brighted |
| we | will have brighted |
| you | will have brighted |
| they | will have brighted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bright |
| you | bright |
| he;she;it | bright |
| we | bright |
| you | bright |
| they | bright |
Perfect
| I | have brighted |
| you | have brighted |
| he;she;it | have brighted |
| we | have brighted |
| you | have brighted |
| they | have brighted |
Imperfect
| I | brighted |
| you | brighted |
| he;she;it | brighted |
| we | brighted |
| you | brighted |
| they | brighted |
Pluperfect
| I | had brighted |
| you | had brighted |
| he;she;it | had brighted |
| we | had brighted |
| you | had brighted |
| they | had brighted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bright |
| you | would bright |
| he;she;it | would bright |
| we | would bright |
| you | would bright |
| they | would bright |
Perfect
| I | would have brighted |
| you | would have brighted |
| he;she;it | would have brighted |
| we | would have brighted |
| you | would have brighted |
| they | would have brighted |
Imperative
| you | bright |
| we | Let's bright |
| you | bright |
Verbs conjugated like 'bright'
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 'bright'
aright,
blight,
eright,
fright,
right,
wright,
adight,
alight,
bedight,
befight,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
bryht, by metathesis from
beorht "bright, splendid," from P.Gmc.
*berkhiaz, from PIE base
*bhereg- "to gleam, white" (cf. Goth.
bairhts "bright," Skt.
bhrajate "shines, glitters," Lith.
breksta "to dawn," Welsh
berth "bright, beautiful," L.
flagrare "to blaze"). Meaning "quick-witted" is from 1741.
2. From Middle English brighten (“to illuminate; to become light, dawn; (figuratively) to cleanse, purify; to clarify, explain”) [and other forms], from Old English beorhtian (“to brighten, shine; to sound clearly or loudly”) [and other forms], probably from beorht (“bright, clear”, adjective) (see further at etymology 1) + -ian (suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns). Later uses of the word are probably also derived from the adjective. See: Old English '
beorhtian'.
Sample Sentences
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Toward Mid-day he [the Sun] brighteth the Air into a chearful Saphir, and guildeth the Borders of the very Clouds with a coſtly limbus. [1686, J[ohn] Goad, “The Sun, the Great Light, Justly Admired. […]”, in Astro-meteorologica, or, Aphorisms and Large Significant Discourses of the Natures and Influences of the Cœlestial Bodies; […], 2nd edition, London: […] O[badiah] B[lagrave] and sold by John Sprint, […], published 1699, →OCLC, book I, § 2, page 14:]
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Day brighteth at the smile o' her and yea, He hath aplanted full o' seed for harvesting by thy loving. [1915, Keith Ringkamp, editor, The Patience Worth Record, volume I, [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu.com, published 2008, →ISBN, page 238:]