Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to copper
Participle: coppered
Gerund: coppering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | copper |
| you | copper |
| he;she;it | coppers |
| we | copper |
| you | copper |
| they | copper |
Perfect
| I | have coppered |
| you | have coppered |
| he;she;it | has coppered |
| we | have coppered |
| you | have coppered |
| they | have coppered |
Past
| I | coppered |
| you | coppered |
| he;she;it | coppered |
| we | coppered |
| you | coppered |
| they | coppered |
Pluperfect
| I | had coppered |
| you | had coppered |
| he;she;it | had coppered |
| we | had coppered |
| you | had coppered |
| they | had coppered |
Future
| I | will copper |
| you | will copper |
| he;she;it | will copper |
| we | will copper |
| you | will copper |
| they | will copper |
Future Perfect
| I | will have coppered |
| you | will have coppered |
| he;she;it | will have coppered |
| we | will have coppered |
| you | will have coppered |
| they | will have coppered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | copper |
| you | copper |
| he;she;it | copper |
| we | copper |
| you | copper |
| they | copper |
Perfect
| I | have coppered |
| you | have coppered |
| he;she;it | have coppered |
| we | have coppered |
| you | have coppered |
| they | have coppered |
Imperfect
| I | coppered |
| you | coppered |
| he;she;it | coppered |
| we | coppered |
| you | coppered |
| they | coppered |
Pluperfect
| I | had coppered |
| you | had coppered |
| he;she;it | had coppered |
| we | had coppered |
| you | had coppered |
| they | had coppered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would copper |
| you | would copper |
| he;she;it | would copper |
| we | would copper |
| you | would copper |
| they | would copper |
Perfect
| I | would have coppered |
| you | would have coppered |
| he;she;it | would have coppered |
| we | would have coppered |
| you | would have coppered |
| they | would have coppered |
Imperative
| you | copper |
| we | Let's copper |
| you | copper |
Verbs conjugated like 'copper'
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 'copper'
chopper,
cooper,
coppel,
copter,
lopper,
caper,
chipper,
cipher,
clapper,
coappear,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The noun is inherited from Middle English coper, copper (“copper ore; copper metal; bronze”), from Old English coper, copor (“copper”), from Late Latin cuprum (“copper”), a contraction of Latin aes Cyprium (literally “Cyprian brass or copper”), ultimately from Ancient Greek Κῠ́προς (Kŭ́pros, “Cyprus”) (a major source of copper during the Near East’s Bronze Age), from the name of a Northwest Semitic goddess from the root כ־ב־ר/ك ب ر (k b r) (“related to being big, large; great; or old”). Doublet of kobo.
2. The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun. The verb is also derived from the noun.
3. cognates
4. * Dutch koper (“copper”)
5. * German Kupfer (“copper”)
6. * Icelandic kopar (“copper”)
7. Compare typologically Argentina (< Latin argentum, an opposite semantic shift); turquoise (akin to Turk).
Sample Sentences
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[T]hey are going to take this whole Mississippi, and twist it around and make it run several miles up stream. […] [Y]ou have n't got to believe they can do such miracles, have you? And yet you ain't absolutely obliged to believe they can't. I reckon the safe way, where a man can afford it, is to copper the operation, and at the same time buy enough property in Vicksburg to square you up in case they win. [1883, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “Uncle Mumford Unloads”, in Life on the Mississippi, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, →OCLC, page 304:]
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The dive is off. Better copper your bets while there's time. [1929 February 1, Dashiell Hammett, “A Black Knife”, in Red Harvest, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, published March 1931, →OCLC, page 95:]