Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hearse
Participle: hearsed
Gerund: hearsing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hearse |
| you | hearse |
| he;she;it | hearses |
| we | hearse |
| you | hearse |
| they | hearse |
Perfect
| I | have hearsed |
| you | have hearsed |
| he;she;it | has hearsed |
| we | have hearsed |
| you | have hearsed |
| they | have hearsed |
Past
| I | hearsed |
| you | hearsed |
| he;she;it | hearsed |
| we | hearsed |
| you | hearsed |
| they | hearsed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hearsed |
| you | had hearsed |
| he;she;it | had hearsed |
| we | had hearsed |
| you | had hearsed |
| they | had hearsed |
Future
| I | will hearse |
| you | will hearse |
| he;she;it | will hearse |
| we | will hearse |
| you | will hearse |
| they | will hearse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hearsed |
| you | will have hearsed |
| he;she;it | will have hearsed |
| we | will have hearsed |
| you | will have hearsed |
| they | will have hearsed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hearse |
| you | hearse |
| he;she;it | hearse |
| we | hearse |
| you | hearse |
| they | hearse |
Perfect
| I | have hearsed |
| you | have hearsed |
| he;she;it | have hearsed |
| we | have hearsed |
| you | have hearsed |
| they | have hearsed |
Imperfect
| I | hearsed |
| you | hearsed |
| he;she;it | hearsed |
| we | hearsed |
| you | hearsed |
| they | hearsed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hearsed |
| you | had hearsed |
| he;she;it | had hearsed |
| we | had hearsed |
| you | had hearsed |
| they | had hearsed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hearse |
| you | would hearse |
| he;she;it | would hearse |
| we | would hearse |
| you | would hearse |
| they | would hearse |
Perfect
| I | would have hearsed |
| you | would have hearsed |
| he;she;it | would have hearsed |
| we | would have hearsed |
| you | would have hearsed |
| they | would have hearsed |
Imperative
| you | hearse |
| we | Let's hearse |
| you | hearse |
Verbs conjugated like 'hearse'
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 'hearse'
herse,
arse,
cease,
cheare,
ease,
enhearse,
farse,
feare,
fease,
halse,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English herse, hers, herce, from Old French herce in the sense "triangular framework used to support candles". Ultimately the same word as Old French herce (“harrow”), from Latin *herpicem, accusative singular of *herpex, a variant form of hirpex (“harrow”). The agricultural device's name comes from Oscan hirpus (“wolf”), a reference to a harrow's many teeth. The term for wolf may ultimately be from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“stiff, rigid, bristled”). The Oscan term is related to Latin hīrsūtus (“bristly, shaggy”), whence English hirsute.
2. The TLFi considers the "framework to support candles" sense of the French word to be derived more specifically from Medieval Latin hercia; in any case, this is ultimately from the same source. (Du Cange sees in hercia a contraction of an extended form *herpicia. It may instead simply be a Latinization of Old French herce.) Doublet of herse (“kind of gate”). See: English '
hirsute'.
Sample Sentences
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I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear! would she were hearsed at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin! [c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:]