Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to frist
Participle: fristed
Gerund: fristing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | frist |
| you | frist |
| he;she;it | frists |
| we | frist |
| you | frist |
| they | frist |
Perfect
| I | have fristed |
| you | have fristed |
| he;she;it | has fristed |
| we | have fristed |
| you | have fristed |
| they | have fristed |
Past
| I | fristed |
| you | fristed |
| he;she;it | fristed |
| we | fristed |
| you | fristed |
| they | fristed |
Pluperfect
| I | had fristed |
| you | had fristed |
| he;she;it | had fristed |
| we | had fristed |
| you | had fristed |
| they | had fristed |
Future
| I | will frist |
| you | will frist |
| he;she;it | will frist |
| we | will frist |
| you | will frist |
| they | will frist |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fristed |
| you | will have fristed |
| he;she;it | will have fristed |
| we | will have fristed |
| you | will have fristed |
| they | will have fristed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | frist |
| you | frist |
| he;she;it | frist |
| we | frist |
| you | frist |
| they | frist |
Perfect
| I | have fristed |
| you | have fristed |
| he;she;it | have fristed |
| we | have fristed |
| you | have fristed |
| they | have fristed |
Imperfect
| I | fristed |
| you | fristed |
| he;she;it | fristed |
| we | fristed |
| you | fristed |
| they | fristed |
Pluperfect
| I | had fristed |
| you | had fristed |
| he;she;it | had fristed |
| we | had fristed |
| you | had fristed |
| they | had fristed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would frist |
| you | would frist |
| he;she;it | would frist |
| we | would frist |
| you | would frist |
| they | would frist |
Perfect
| I | would have fristed |
| you | would have fristed |
| he;she;it | would have fristed |
| we | would have fristed |
| you | would have fristed |
| they | would have fristed |
Imperative
| you | frist |
| we | Let's frist |
| you | frist |
Verbs conjugated like 'frist'
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 'frist'
fist,
foist,
fraist,
frisk,
frit,
frost,
trist,
wrist,
agist,
arise,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English *fristen, frysten, fresten, firsten, from Old English *fyrstan (“to defer, delay, put off”), from fyrst, fierst, first (“period, space of time, time, respite, truce”). See Etymology 1. Cognate with Low German versten, German fristen (“to eke out”), Danish friste (“to sustain, support, experience, tempt”), Icelandic fresta (“to delay”). See: Low Saxon 'versten', German, old spelling '
fristen', Danish '
friste', Icelandic '
fresta'.
Sample Sentences
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Now, in the strength of Jesus, dispatch your business; that debt is not forgiven, but fristed: death hath not bidden you farewel, but hath only left you for a short season. [1765, Samuel Rutherford, Joshua Redivivus, page 323:]
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Na, na, lassie. Dinna be too confident. “What's fristed is no forgotten." [1884, Lucy Ellen Guernsey, Loveday's History: A Tale of Many Changes, page 105:]
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Alexander's early backsliding, when "he thrawed his mouth" at the minister — a sin beside which the modern lèse majesté seems venial, —had been fristed but not forgiven, and again he was summoned to appear before the session. [1924, James S. Wilkie, The History of Fife, page 553:]