Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fond
Participle: fonded
Gerund: fonding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fond |
| you | fond |
| he;she;it | fonds |
| we | fond |
| you | fond |
| they | fond |
Perfect
| I | have fonded |
| you | have fonded |
| he;she;it | has fonded |
| we | have fonded |
| you | have fonded |
| they | have fonded |
Past
| I | fonded |
| you | fonded |
| he;she;it | fonded |
| we | fonded |
| you | fonded |
| they | fonded |
Pluperfect
| I | had fonded |
| you | had fonded |
| he;she;it | had fonded |
| we | had fonded |
| you | had fonded |
| they | had fonded |
Future
| I | will fond |
| you | will fond |
| he;she;it | will fond |
| we | will fond |
| you | will fond |
| they | will fond |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fonded |
| you | will have fonded |
| he;she;it | will have fonded |
| we | will have fonded |
| you | will have fonded |
| they | will have fonded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fond |
| you | fond |
| he;she;it | fond |
| we | fond |
| you | fond |
| they | fond |
Perfect
| I | have fonded |
| you | have fonded |
| he;she;it | have fonded |
| we | have fonded |
| you | have fonded |
| they | have fonded |
Imperfect
| I | fonded |
| you | fonded |
| he;she;it | fonded |
| we | fonded |
| you | fonded |
| they | fonded |
Pluperfect
| I | had fonded |
| you | had fonded |
| he;she;it | had fonded |
| we | had fonded |
| you | had fonded |
| they | had fonded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fond |
| you | would fond |
| he;she;it | would fond |
| we | would fond |
| you | would fond |
| they | would fond |
Perfect
| I | would have fonded |
| you | would have fonded |
| he;she;it | would have fonded |
| we | would have fonded |
| you | would have fonded |
| they | would have fonded |
Imperative
| you | fond |
| we | Let's fond |
| you | fond |
Verbs conjugated like 'fond'
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 'fond'
bond,
cond,
fand,
fend,
find,
foind,
fold,
fonde,
food,
ford,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to caress
- canoodle, dally, fondle
- to touch someone lovingly
- canoodle, caress, chuckle, coax, cosset, dally, dandle, dawt, faddle, feel up, fondle, grabble, grope, nantle, pet, pettle, shift, smuggle, tiddle, touch up
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1340, originally "foolish, silly," from pt. of fonnen "to fool, be foolish," perhaps from M.E. fonne "fool," of uncertain origin, or related to fun. Meaning evolved by 1590 via "foolishly tender" to "having strong affections for." Another sense of fonne was "to lose savor," which may be the original meaning of the word (e.g. Wyclif: "Gif þe salt be fonnyd it is not worþi," 1380).
2. From Middle English fond, fonned, past participle of fonnen (“to be foolish, be simple, dote”), equivalent to fon + -ed. More at fon.
Sample Sentences
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The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast. [1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]