Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to lens
Participle: lensed
Gerund: lensing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | lens |
| you | lens |
| he;she;it | lenses |
| we | lens |
| you | lens |
| they | lens |
Perfect
| I | have lensed |
| you | have lensed |
| he;she;it | has lensed |
| we | have lensed |
| you | have lensed |
| they | have lensed |
Past
| I | lensed |
| you | lensed |
| he;she;it | lensed |
| we | lensed |
| you | lensed |
| they | lensed |
Pluperfect
| I | had lensed |
| you | had lensed |
| he;she;it | had lensed |
| we | had lensed |
| you | had lensed |
| they | had lensed |
Future
| I | will lens |
| you | will lens |
| he;she;it | will lens |
| we | will lens |
| you | will lens |
| they | will lens |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lensed |
| you | will have lensed |
| he;she;it | will have lensed |
| we | will have lensed |
| you | will have lensed |
| they | will have lensed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | lens |
| you | lens |
| he;she;it | lens |
| we | lens |
| you | lens |
| they | lens |
Perfect
| I | have lensed |
| you | have lensed |
| he;she;it | have lensed |
| we | have lensed |
| you | have lensed |
| they | have lensed |
Imperfect
| I | lensed |
| you | lensed |
| he;she;it | lensed |
| we | lensed |
| you | lensed |
| they | lensed |
Pluperfect
| I | had lensed |
| you | had lensed |
| he;she;it | had lensed |
| we | had lensed |
| you | had lensed |
| they | had lensed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would lens |
| you | would lens |
| he;she;it | would lens |
| we | would lens |
| you | would lens |
| they | would lens |
Perfect
| I | would have lensed |
| you | would have lensed |
| he;she;it | would have lensed |
| we | would have lensed |
| you | would have lensed |
| they | would have lensed |
Imperative
| you | lens |
| we | Let's lens |
| you | lens |
Verbs conjugated like 'lens'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'lens'
lend,
lene,
less,
bend,
blend,
blenk,
bless,
cense,
cess,
cons,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. substratebor.?
3. Medieval Latin lēnsbor.
4. English lens
5. Borrowed from Latin lēns (“lentil”), with Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of “lens”, a semantic loan from Arabic عَدَسَة (ʕadasa, “lentil; optic lens”); the similar shape is the common factor.
Sample Sentences
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It’s set in an anonymous, upper-middle-class suburb, lensed in the generic gunmetal gray that will one day appear as dated as the fuzzy outlines of ’80s direct-to-video horror movies. [2020 May 7, Katie Rife, “If you’re looking to jump in your seat, make a playdate with Z”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 16 May 2020:]