Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to infight
Participle: infought
Gerund: infighting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | infight |
| you | infight |
| he;she;it | infights |
| we | infight |
| you | infight |
| they | infight |
Perfect
| I | have infought |
| you | have infought |
| he;she;it | has infought |
| we | have infought |
| you | have infought |
| they | have infought |
Past
| I | infought |
| you | infought |
| he;she;it | infought |
| we | infought |
| you | infought |
| they | infought |
Pluperfect
| I | had infought |
| you | had infought |
| he;she;it | had infought |
| we | had infought |
| you | had infought |
| they | had infought |
Future
| I | will infight |
| you | will infight |
| he;she;it | will infight |
| we | will infight |
| you | will infight |
| they | will infight |
Future Perfect
| I | will have infought |
| you | will have infought |
| he;she;it | will have infought |
| we | will have infought |
| you | will have infought |
| they | will have infought |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | infight |
| you | infight |
| he;she;it | infight |
| we | infight |
| you | infight |
| they | infight |
Perfect
| I | have infought |
| you | have infought |
| he;she;it | have infought |
| we | have infought |
| you | have infought |
| they | have infought |
Imperfect
| I | infought |
| you | infought |
| he;she;it | infought |
| we | infought |
| you | infought |
| they | infought |
Pluperfect
| I | had infought |
| you | had infought |
| he;she;it | had infought |
| we | had infought |
| you | had infought |
| they | had infought |
Conditional
Present
| I | would infight |
| you | would infight |
| he;she;it | would infight |
| we | would infight |
| you | would infight |
| they | would infight |
Perfect
| I | would have infought |
| you | would have infought |
| he;she;it | would have infought |
| we | would have infought |
| you | would have infought |
| they | would have infought |
Imperative
| you | infight |
| we | Let's infight |
| you | infight |
Verbs conjugated like 'infight'
bind,
fight,
find,
grind,
overwind,
rebind,
regrind,
unwind,
wind,
atwind,
autowind,
befight,
befind,
bewind,
copyfight,
cryogrind,
debind,
dogfight,
fault-find,
faultfind, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'infight'
inlight,
befight,
enlight,
fight,
gunfight,
knight,
night,
onsight,
refight,
undight,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Apparently a back-formation from infighting, perhaps continuing Middle English infighten (“to attack”), from Old English infiht, infeoht (“an attack made upon a person by another in the same house or between members of a household”), equivalent to in- + fight. Compare Middle English infiht (“an internal fight, a brawl within a household”).
Sample Sentences
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While Kennedy infought to trim outlays to match resources, critics claimed that the era of the big eleemosynaries had come to an end. [1977 January 10, New York, volume 10, page 58:]
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Unfortunately what we have going on in this world against the new Israeli State, is just like what the Arabs do to their own, as they infight, among Muslims, and different nationalities, and sects, just as the many Christians do, and mostly did during the times of the Protestant revolution, and exodus and expulsion. [2008, Anthony Townsend, Nassira Townsend, The Collapse of America: A Ruined State?, →ISBN, page 62:]
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And then each group began to infight on some pretext. [1985, Alixa Naff, Becoming American: the early Arab immigrant experience, page 307:]
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Be prepared to slip and duck his jab to infight or to counter with a quick punch to the head or body. [2004, Mark Hatmaker, Doug Werner, Boxing Mastery: Advanced Technique, Tactics, and Strategies from the Sweet Science, →ISBN, page 213:]
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Even if you're giving up reach in order to infight, standing at the end of your opponent's punch (impact position) isn't the way to do it. [2007, Alan Lachica, Doug Werner, Boxing's Ten Commandments, →ISBN, page 29:]
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Walker tried hard to close with his opponent, and infight, but by using both hands to good advantage Fus. Scott held his own. [2003, Peter B. Kyne, Captain Scraggs; Or, the Green-Pea Pirates, →ISBN, page 252:]
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"In a minute," said the commodore faintly. "He's so good I hate to hurt him. But I'll infight him to a finish." [1929, St. George's Gazette - Volume 47, page 247:]