Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to perken
Participle: perkened
Gerund: perkening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | perken |
| you | perken |
| he;she;it | perkens |
| we | perken |
| you | perken |
| they | perken |
Perfect
| I | have perkened |
| you | have perkened |
| he;she;it | has perkened |
| we | have perkened |
| you | have perkened |
| they | have perkened |
Past
| I | perkened |
| you | perkened |
| he;she;it | perkened |
| we | perkened |
| you | perkened |
| they | perkened |
Pluperfect
| I | had perkened |
| you | had perkened |
| he;she;it | had perkened |
| we | had perkened |
| you | had perkened |
| they | had perkened |
Future
| I | will perken |
| you | will perken |
| he;she;it | will perken |
| we | will perken |
| you | will perken |
| they | will perken |
Future Perfect
| I | will have perkened |
| you | will have perkened |
| he;she;it | will have perkened |
| we | will have perkened |
| you | will have perkened |
| they | will have perkened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | perken |
| you | perken |
| he;she;it | perken |
| we | perken |
| you | perken |
| they | perken |
Perfect
| I | have perkened |
| you | have perkened |
| he;she;it | have perkened |
| we | have perkened |
| you | have perkened |
| they | have perkened |
Imperfect
| I | perkened |
| you | perkened |
| he;she;it | perkened |
| we | perkened |
| you | perkened |
| they | perkened |
Pluperfect
| I | had perkened |
| you | had perkened |
| he;she;it | had perkened |
| we | had perkened |
| you | had perkened |
| they | had perkened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would perken |
| you | would perken |
| he;she;it | would perken |
| we | would perken |
| you | would perken |
| they | would perken |
Perfect
| I | would have perkened |
| you | would have perkened |
| he;she;it | would have perkened |
| we | would have perkened |
| you | would have perkened |
| they | would have perkened |
Imperative
| you | perken |
| we | Let's perken |
| you | perken |
Verbs conjugated like 'perken'
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 'perken'
barken,
birken,
darken,
harken,
hearken,
meeken,
mirken,
murken,
nerven,
parcen,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From perk + -en.
Sample Sentences
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Us perkened so, staring at each other, not rightly knowing one the other—such a goodly percentage of familiar skin now been quenched back of hiding cloth. [2001, Allan Gurganus, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, page 599:]
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She saw him and kind of perkened up [perked up] her gait a little bit. [2009, Mariella Glenn Hartsfield, Tall Betsy and Dunce Baby, page 72:]
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But Lawrence,” he adds, perkening, “I hope you were planning to take my Elizabethan poets course next year?” [2011, Lynn Coady, Mean Boy:]