Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to poor
Participle: poored
Gerund: pooring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | poor |
| you | poor |
| he;she;it | poors |
| we | poor |
| you | poor |
| they | poor |
Perfect
| I | have poored |
| you | have poored |
| he;she;it | has poored |
| we | have poored |
| you | have poored |
| they | have poored |
Past
| I | poored |
| you | poored |
| he;she;it | poored |
| we | poored |
| you | poored |
| they | poored |
Pluperfect
| I | had poored |
| you | had poored |
| he;she;it | had poored |
| we | had poored |
| you | had poored |
| they | had poored |
Future
| I | will poor |
| you | will poor |
| he;she;it | will poor |
| we | will poor |
| you | will poor |
| they | will poor |
Future Perfect
| I | will have poored |
| you | will have poored |
| he;she;it | will have poored |
| we | will have poored |
| you | will have poored |
| they | will have poored |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | poor |
| you | poor |
| he;she;it | poor |
| we | poor |
| you | poor |
| they | poor |
Perfect
| I | have poored |
| you | have poored |
| he;she;it | have poored |
| we | have poored |
| you | have poored |
| they | have poored |
Imperfect
| I | poored |
| you | poored |
| he;she;it | poored |
| we | poored |
| you | poored |
| they | poored |
Pluperfect
| I | had poored |
| you | had poored |
| he;she;it | had poored |
| we | had poored |
| you | had poored |
| they | had poored |
Conditional
Present
| I | would poor |
| you | would poor |
| he;she;it | would poor |
| we | would poor |
| you | would poor |
| they | would poor |
Perfect
| I | would have poored |
| you | would have poored |
| he;she;it | would have poored |
| we | would have poored |
| you | would have poored |
| they | would have poored |
Imperative
| you | poor |
| we | Let's poor |
| you | poor |
Verbs conjugated like 'poor'
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 'poor'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-
3. Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-?
4. Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w(o)p(o)rh₃o-
5. Proto-Italic *paw(o)paro-?
6. Latin dīvesinflu.
7. Latin pauper
8. Old French povrebor.
9. Middle English povre
10. English poor
11. Inherited from Middle English povre, povere, from Old French and Anglo-Norman povre, poure, from Latin pauper, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Doublet of pauper.
12. Displanced native wantsome, Middle English unlede (“poor”, from Old English unlǣde), Middle English unweli, unwely (“poor, unwealthy”, from Old English un- + weliġ (“well-to-do, prosperous, rich”))
13. and almost fully arm.
Verbs referencing "poor"
Maori pōhara.
Sample Sentences
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It is very evident that Americans are being ‘poored down’ to suit the world socialist agenda, and to maximize profits for the international corporations. [2003 August 10, Dallas News, p. 3]
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The mone of this realme is born out in gret quantite and the realme puryt of the sammyn. [1467, Acts of the Parliament of Scotland, Vol. II, p. 88]
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Miss Lavinia... put in that she didn't want to be ‘poored by pa,’ or anybody else. [1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC, page 27:]