defence – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of defence

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to defence
Participle: defenced
Gerund: defencing

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

I	defence
you	defence
he;she;it	defences
we	defence
you	defence
they	defence

Perfect

I	have defenced
you	have defenced
he;she;it	has defenced
we	have defenced
you	have defenced
they	have defenced

Past

I	defenced
you	defenced
he;she;it	defenced
we	defenced
you	defenced
they	defenced

Pluperfect

I	had defenced
you	had defenced
he;she;it	had defenced
we	had defenced
you	had defenced
they	had defenced

Future

I	will defence
you	will defence
he;she;it	will defence
we	will defence
you	will defence
they	will defence

Future Perfect

I	will have defenced
you	will have defenced
he;she;it	will have defenced
we	will have defenced
you	will have defenced
they	will have defenced

Subjunctive

Present

I	defence
you	defence
he;she;it	defence
we	defence
you	defence
they	defence

Perfect

I	have defenced
you	have defenced
he;she;it	have defenced
we	have defenced
you	have defenced
they	have defenced

Imperfect

I	defenced
you	defenced
he;she;it	defenced
we	defenced
you	defenced
they	defenced

Pluperfect

I	had defenced
you	had defenced
he;she;it	had defenced
we	had defenced
you	had defenced
they	had defenced

Conditional

Present

I	would defence
you	would defence
he;she;it	would defence
we	would defence
you	would defence
they	would defence

Perfect

I	would have defenced
you	would have defenced
he;she;it	would have defenced
we	would have defenced
you	would have defenced
they	would have defenced

Imperative

you	defence
we	Let's defence
you	defence

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

I	am defencing
you	are defencing
he;she;it	is defencing
we	are defencing
you	are defencing
they	are defencing

Perfect

I	have been defencing
you	have been defencing
he;she;it	has been defencing
we	have been defencing
you	have been defencing
they	have been defencing

Past

I	was defencing
you	were defencing
he;she;it	was defencing
we	were defencing
you	were defencing
they	were defencing

Pluperfect

I	had been defencing
you	had been defencing
he;she;it	had been defencing
we	had been defencing
you	had been defencing
they	had been defencing

Future

I	will be defencing
you	will be defencing
he;she;it	will be defencing
we	will be defencing
you	will be defencing
they	will be defencing

Future Perfect

I	will have been defencing
you	will have been defencing
he;she;it	will have been defencing
we	will have been defencing
you	will have been defencing
they	will have been defencing

Conditional

Present

I	would be defencing
you	would be defencing
he;she;it	would be defencing
we	would be defencing
you	would be defencing
they	would be defencing

Perfect

I	would have been defencing
you	would have been defencing
he;she;it	would have been defencing
we	would have been defencing
you	would have been defencing
they	would have been defencing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'defence'

abacinate, abalienate, abase, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, abduce, aberrate, aberuncate, abirritate, abjudge, abjudicate, abjugate, abjure, ablactate, ablaqueate, able, ablegate, abligate, abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'defence'

defense, refence, deface, defease, defect, defend, define, defleece, deforce, defunct,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English defencen, defensen, from Old French defenser or its etymon, Latin dēfēnsō. See: Latin 'dēfēnsō'.

Sample Sentences

Better manned and more strongly defenced. [1656, John Hales, Dixi Custodiam:]