cantillate – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of cantillate

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to cantillate
Participle: cantillated
Gerund: cantillating

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Icantillate
youcantillate
he;she;itcantillates
wecantillate
youcantillate
theycantillate

Perfect

Ihave cantillated
youhave cantillated
he;she;ithas cantillated
wehave cantillated
youhave cantillated
theyhave cantillated

Past

Icantillated
youcantillated
he;she;itcantillated
wecantillated
youcantillated
theycantillated

Pluperfect

Ihad cantillated
youhad cantillated
he;she;ithad cantillated
wehad cantillated
youhad cantillated
theyhad cantillated

Future

Iwill cantillate
youwill cantillate
he;she;itwill cantillate
wewill cantillate
youwill cantillate
theywill cantillate

Future Perfect

Iwill have cantillated
youwill have cantillated
he;she;itwill have cantillated
wewill have cantillated
youwill have cantillated
theywill have cantillated

Subjunctive

Present

Icantillate
youcantillate
he;she;itcantillate
wecantillate
youcantillate
theycantillate

Perfect

Ihave cantillated
youhave cantillated
he;she;ithave cantillated
wehave cantillated
youhave cantillated
theyhave cantillated

Imperfect

Icantillated
youcantillated
he;she;itcantillated
wecantillated
youcantillated
theycantillated

Pluperfect

Ihad cantillated
youhad cantillated
he;she;ithad cantillated
wehad cantillated
youhad cantillated
theyhad cantillated

Conditional

Present

Iwould cantillate
youwould cantillate
he;she;itwould cantillate
wewould cantillate
youwould cantillate
theywould cantillate

Perfect

Iwould have cantillated
youwould have cantillated
he;she;itwould have cantillated
wewould have cantillated
youwould have cantillated
theywould have cantillated

Imperative

youcantillate
weLet's cantillate
youcantillate

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam cantillating
youare cantillating
he;she;itis cantillating
weare cantillating
youare cantillating
theyare cantillating

Perfect

Ihave been cantillating
youhave been cantillating
he;she;ithas been cantillating
wehave been cantillating
youhave been cantillating
theyhave been cantillating

Past

Iwas cantillating
youwere cantillating
he;she;itwas cantillating
wewere cantillating
youwere cantillating
theywere cantillating

Pluperfect

Ihad been cantillating
youhad been cantillating
he;she;ithad been cantillating
wehad been cantillating
youhad been cantillating
theyhad been cantillating

Future

Iwill be cantillating
youwill be cantillating
he;she;itwill be cantillating
wewill be cantillating
youwill be cantillating
theywill be cantillating

Future Perfect

Iwill have been cantillating
youwill have been cantillating
he;she;itwill have been cantillating
wewill have been cantillating
youwill have been cantillating
theywill have been cantillating

Conditional

Present

Iwould be cantillating
youwould be cantillating
he;she;itwould be cantillating
wewould be cantillating
youwould be cantillating
theywould be cantillating

Perfect

Iwould have been cantillating
youwould have been cantillating
he;she;itwould have been cantillating
wewould have been cantillating
youwould have been cantillating
theywould have been cantillating

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

First attested in 1864; borrowed from Latin cantillō (“to sing”), from cantillātus + -ō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See: Latin 'cantillō'.

Sample Sentences

  • Some recite this portion by cantillating each verse twice and then saying the Targum. [1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 264:]
  • Five women [in the Temple of Vesta ...] were cantillating—Vesta this and Vesta that—all robed in identical white dresses, with white wool scarves wrapped several times about their heads. [2025 January 7, Lauren J. A. Bear, Mother of Rome, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 97:]