Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to lilt
Participle: lilted
Gerund: lilting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | lilt |
| you | lilt |
| he;she;it | lilts |
| we | lilt |
| you | lilt |
| they | lilt |
Perfect
| I | have lilted |
| you | have lilted |
| he;she;it | has lilted |
| we | have lilted |
| you | have lilted |
| they | have lilted |
Past
| I | lilted |
| you | lilted |
| he;she;it | lilted |
| we | lilted |
| you | lilted |
| they | lilted |
Pluperfect
| I | had lilted |
| you | had lilted |
| he;she;it | had lilted |
| we | had lilted |
| you | had lilted |
| they | had lilted |
Future
| I | will lilt |
| you | will lilt |
| he;she;it | will lilt |
| we | will lilt |
| you | will lilt |
| they | will lilt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lilted |
| you | will have lilted |
| he;she;it | will have lilted |
| we | will have lilted |
| you | will have lilted |
| they | will have lilted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | lilt |
| you | lilt |
| he;she;it | lilt |
| we | lilt |
| you | lilt |
| they | lilt |
Perfect
| I | have lilted |
| you | have lilted |
| he;she;it | have lilted |
| we | have lilted |
| you | have lilted |
| they | have lilted |
Imperfect
| I | lilted |
| you | lilted |
| he;she;it | lilted |
| we | lilted |
| you | lilted |
| they | lilted |
Pluperfect
| I | had lilted |
| you | had lilted |
| he;she;it | had lilted |
| we | had lilted |
| you | had lilted |
| they | had lilted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would lilt |
| you | would lilt |
| he;she;it | would lilt |
| we | would lilt |
| you | would lilt |
| they | would lilt |
Perfect
| I | would have lilted |
| you | would have lilted |
| he;she;it | would have lilted |
| we | would have lilted |
| you | would have lilted |
| they | would have lilted |
Imperative
| you | lilt |
| we | Let's lilt |
| you | lilt |
Verbs conjugated like 'lilt'
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 'lilt'
hilt,
jilt,
kilt,
lift,
lill,
lint,
lirt,
list,
lit,
milt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1513, "to lift up" (the voice), probably from c.1380 W. Midlands dial. lulten "to sound an alarm," of unknown origin. Possible relatives include Norw. lilla "to sing" and Low Ger. lul "pipe." It is possible that the whole loose group is imitative. Sense of "sing in a light manner" is first recorded 1786.
2. From Middle English lilten, lulten.
Sample Sentences
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Whether the bird flit here or there,
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O'er table lilt , or perch on chair [a. 1851, William Wordsworth, “The Redbreast”, in Henry [Hope] Reed, editor, The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Philadelphia, Pa.: Hayes & Zell, […], published 1860, →OCLC:]
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A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, / With scraps of thunderous epic lilted out / By violet-hooded doctors. [1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:]