Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to engine
Participle: engined
Gerund: engining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | engine |
| you | engine |
| he;she;it | engines |
| we | engine |
| you | engine |
| they | engine |
Perfect
| I | have engined |
| you | have engined |
| he;she;it | has engined |
| we | have engined |
| you | have engined |
| they | have engined |
Past
| I | engined |
| you | engined |
| he;she;it | engined |
| we | engined |
| you | engined |
| they | engined |
Pluperfect
| I | had engined |
| you | had engined |
| he;she;it | had engined |
| we | had engined |
| you | had engined |
| they | had engined |
Future
| I | will engine |
| you | will engine |
| he;she;it | will engine |
| we | will engine |
| you | will engine |
| they | will engine |
Future Perfect
| I | will have engined |
| you | will have engined |
| he;she;it | will have engined |
| we | will have engined |
| you | will have engined |
| they | will have engined |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | engine |
| you | engine |
| he;she;it | engine |
| we | engine |
| you | engine |
| they | engine |
Perfect
| I | have engined |
| you | have engined |
| he;she;it | have engined |
| we | have engined |
| you | have engined |
| they | have engined |
Imperfect
| I | engined |
| you | engined |
| he;she;it | engined |
| we | engined |
| you | engined |
| they | engined |
Pluperfect
| I | had engined |
| you | had engined |
| he;she;it | had engined |
| we | had engined |
| you | had engined |
| they | had engined |
Conditional
Present
| I | would engine |
| you | would engine |
| he;she;it | would engine |
| we | would engine |
| you | would engine |
| they | would engine |
Perfect
| I | would have engined |
| you | would have engined |
| he;she;it | would have engined |
| we | would have engined |
| you | would have engined |
| they | would have engined |
Imperative
| you | engine |
| we | Let's engine |
| you | engine |
Verbs conjugated like 'engine'
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 'engine'
enbibe,
encise,
encite,
encline,
endite,
enfire,
engage,
engift,
engild,
engineer,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, from O.Fr. engin "skill, cleverness," also "war machine," from L. ingenium "inborn qualities, talent," from in- "in" + gen-, root of gignere "to beget, produce." At first meaning a trick or device, or any machine (especially military); sense of one that converts energy to mechanical power is 18c., especially of steam engines. Engineer "locomotive driver" is first attested 1839, Amer.Eng.
2. From Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, Old French engin (“skill, cleverness, war machine”), from Latin ingenium (“innate or natural quality, nature, genius, a genius, an invention, (in Late Latin) a war-engine, battering-ram”), related to ingignō (“to instil by birth, implant, produce in”). Compare gin, ingenious, engineer.
Sample Sentences
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Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
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to engine and batter our walls [1629, Thomas Adams, Plain-Dealing:]