Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to lighter
Participle: lightered
Gerund: lightering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | lighter |
| you | lighter |
| he;she;it | lighters |
| we | lighter |
| you | lighter |
| they | lighter |
Perfect
| I | have lightered |
| you | have lightered |
| he;she;it | has lightered |
| we | have lightered |
| you | have lightered |
| they | have lightered |
Past
| I | lightered |
| you | lightered |
| he;she;it | lightered |
| we | lightered |
| you | lightered |
| they | lightered |
Pluperfect
| I | had lightered |
| you | had lightered |
| he;she;it | had lightered |
| we | had lightered |
| you | had lightered |
| they | had lightered |
Future
| I | will lighter |
| you | will lighter |
| he;she;it | will lighter |
| we | will lighter |
| you | will lighter |
| they | will lighter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lightered |
| you | will have lightered |
| he;she;it | will have lightered |
| we | will have lightered |
| you | will have lightered |
| they | will have lightered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | lighter |
| you | lighter |
| he;she;it | lighter |
| we | lighter |
| you | lighter |
| they | lighter |
Perfect
| I | have lightered |
| you | have lightered |
| he;she;it | have lightered |
| we | have lightered |
| you | have lightered |
| they | have lightered |
Imperfect
| I | lightered |
| you | lightered |
| he;she;it | lightered |
| we | lightered |
| you | lightered |
| they | lightered |
Pluperfect
| I | had lightered |
| you | had lightered |
| he;she;it | had lightered |
| we | had lightered |
| you | had lightered |
| they | had lightered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would lighter |
| you | would lighter |
| he;she;it | would lighter |
| we | would lighter |
| you | would lighter |
| they | would lighter |
Perfect
| I | would have lightered |
| you | would have lightered |
| he;she;it | would have lightered |
| we | would have lightered |
| you | would have lightered |
| they | would have lightered |
Imperative
| you | lighter |
| we | Let's lighter |
| you | lighter |
Verbs conjugated like 'lighter'
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 'lighter'
lighten,
blighten,
higher,
ligate,
light,
litter,
nighten,
righten,
sighten,
slighten,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English lightere, lyghtere, equivalent to light (“to unload, lighten”) + -er. Compare West Frisian lichter (“lighter ship”), Dutch lichter (“lighter ship”), Middle Low German lichter, lüchter, lüchtære (“a small ship that lightens a load, lighter ship”).
Sample Sentences
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1900. Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. Vol. 7, pg. 3227.
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Troops and stores were lightered to the wharves inside the harbor by steamers Orizaba and Berkshire.
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Beyond the station an extension descends at 1 in 30, the steepest gradient on the line, to Government Wharf, where cargo is lightered to and from ships at anchor in the harbour. [1960 April 26, H. P. White, “The Railways of Sierra Leone”, in Railway Magazine, page 233:]