Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to decant
Participle: decanted
Gerund: decanting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | decant |
| you | decant |
| he;she;it | decants |
| we | decant |
| you | decant |
| they | decant |
Perfect
| I | have decanted |
| you | have decanted |
| he;she;it | has decanted |
| we | have decanted |
| you | have decanted |
| they | have decanted |
Past
| I | decanted |
| you | decanted |
| he;she;it | decanted |
| we | decanted |
| you | decanted |
| they | decanted |
Pluperfect
| I | had decanted |
| you | had decanted |
| he;she;it | had decanted |
| we | had decanted |
| you | had decanted |
| they | had decanted |
Future
| I | will decant |
| you | will decant |
| he;she;it | will decant |
| we | will decant |
| you | will decant |
| they | will decant |
Future Perfect
| I | will have decanted |
| you | will have decanted |
| he;she;it | will have decanted |
| we | will have decanted |
| you | will have decanted |
| they | will have decanted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | decant |
| you | decant |
| he;she;it | decant |
| we | decant |
| you | decant |
| they | decant |
Perfect
| I | have decanted |
| you | have decanted |
| he;she;it | have decanted |
| we | have decanted |
| you | have decanted |
| they | have decanted |
Imperfect
| I | decanted |
| you | decanted |
| he;she;it | decanted |
| we | decanted |
| you | decanted |
| they | decanted |
Pluperfect
| I | had decanted |
| you | had decanted |
| he;she;it | had decanted |
| we | had decanted |
| you | had decanted |
| they | had decanted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would decant |
| you | would decant |
| he;she;it | would decant |
| we | would decant |
| you | would decant |
| they | would decant |
Perfect
| I | would have decanted |
| you | would have decanted |
| he;she;it | would have decanted |
| we | would have decanted |
| you | would have decanted |
| they | would have decanted |
Imperative
| you | decant |
| we | Let's decant |
| you | decant |
Verbs conjugated like 'decant'
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 'decant'
decan,
decunt,
descant,
recant,
becast,
cant,
dean,
decage,
decal,
decamp,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From French décanter, from Medieval Latin dēcanthāre, from dē- + canthus (“beak of a cup or jug”). See: French '
décanter'.
Sample Sentences
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After washing, the insoluble lime soap is decomposed with hot dilute sulphuric acid. The melted fatty acids thus rise as an oil to the surface, when they are decanted. [1908, Michael Faraday, The Chemical History of a Candle:]
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to decant wine
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Swincombe, formerly Swan-combe, runs to the north of the ridge, and has the sources of its river in the Fox Tor mires and near Childe's Tomb. It runs north-east, and then abruptly passes north to decant into the West Dart. [1900, Sabine Baring-Gould, A Book of Dartmoor:]
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“We also predestine and condition. We decant our babies as socialized human beings, as Alphas or Epsilons, as future sewage workers or future …” He was going to say “future World controllers,” but correcting himself, said “future Directors of Hatcheries,” instead. [1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World:]