Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to philander
Participle: philandered
Gerund: philandering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | philander |
| you | philander |
| he;she;it | philanders |
| we | philander |
| you | philander |
| they | philander |
Perfect
| I | have philandered |
| you | have philandered |
| he;she;it | has philandered |
| we | have philandered |
| you | have philandered |
| they | have philandered |
Past
| I | philandered |
| you | philandered |
| he;she;it | philandered |
| we | philandered |
| you | philandered |
| they | philandered |
Pluperfect
| I | had philandered |
| you | had philandered |
| he;she;it | had philandered |
| we | had philandered |
| you | had philandered |
| they | had philandered |
Future
| I | will philander |
| you | will philander |
| he;she;it | will philander |
| we | will philander |
| you | will philander |
| they | will philander |
Future Perfect
| I | will have philandered |
| you | will have philandered |
| he;she;it | will have philandered |
| we | will have philandered |
| you | will have philandered |
| they | will have philandered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | philander |
| you | philander |
| he;she;it | philander |
| we | philander |
| you | philander |
| they | philander |
Perfect
| I | have philandered |
| you | have philandered |
| he;she;it | have philandered |
| we | have philandered |
| you | have philandered |
| they | have philandered |
Imperfect
| I | philandered |
| you | philandered |
| he;she;it | philandered |
| we | philandered |
| you | philandered |
| they | philandered |
Pluperfect
| I | had philandered |
| you | had philandered |
| he;she;it | had philandered |
| we | had philandered |
| you | had philandered |
| they | had philandered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would philander |
| you | would philander |
| he;she;it | would philander |
| we | would philander |
| you | would philander |
| they | would philander |
Perfect
| I | would have philandered |
| you | would have philandered |
| he;she;it | would have philandered |
| we | would have philandered |
| you | would have philandered |
| they | would have philandered |
Imperative
| you | philander |
| we | Let's philander |
| you | philander |
Verbs conjugated like 'philander'
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 'philander'
hinder,
pander,
philter,
plunder,
slander,
bewander,
bladder,
blinder,
blunder,
brander,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
As a verb, first seen in the 1824 play Philandering: Or, The Rose Queen, by Samuel Beazley. From the given name Philander, used for love interest or suitor stock characters in several 18th century stories and poems, from Ancient Greek Φίλανδρος (Phílandros), name of the mythological son of the nymph Acacallis and the god Apollo. Semantically disconnected from the adjective φίλανδρος (phílandros, “loving one’s husband; excessively attracted to males, slutty, boy crazy”).
Sample Sentences
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You can't be philandering after her again. [1876, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], Daniel Deronda, volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:]