Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to repartee
Participle: reparteed
Gerund: reparteeing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | repartee |
| you | repartee |
| he;she;it | repartees |
| we | repartee |
| you | repartee |
| they | repartee |
Perfect
| I | have reparteed |
| you | have reparteed |
| he;she;it | has reparteed |
| we | have reparteed |
| you | have reparteed |
| they | have reparteed |
Past
| I | reparteed |
| you | reparteed |
| he;she;it | reparteed |
| we | reparteed |
| you | reparteed |
| they | reparteed |
Pluperfect
| I | had reparteed |
| you | had reparteed |
| he;she;it | had reparteed |
| we | had reparteed |
| you | had reparteed |
| they | had reparteed |
Future
| I | will repartee |
| you | will repartee |
| he;she;it | will repartee |
| we | will repartee |
| you | will repartee |
| they | will repartee |
Future Perfect
| I | will have reparteed |
| you | will have reparteed |
| he;she;it | will have reparteed |
| we | will have reparteed |
| you | will have reparteed |
| they | will have reparteed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | repartee |
| you | repartee |
| he;she;it | repartee |
| we | repartee |
| you | repartee |
| they | repartee |
Perfect
| I | have reparteed |
| you | have reparteed |
| he;she;it | have reparteed |
| we | have reparteed |
| you | have reparteed |
| they | have reparteed |
Imperfect
| I | reparteed |
| you | reparteed |
| he;she;it | reparteed |
| we | reparteed |
| you | reparteed |
| they | reparteed |
Pluperfect
| I | had reparteed |
| you | had reparteed |
| he;she;it | had reparteed |
| we | had reparteed |
| you | had reparteed |
| they | had reparteed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would repartee |
| you | would repartee |
| he;she;it | would repartee |
| we | would repartee |
| you | would repartee |
| they | would repartee |
Perfect
| I | would have reparteed |
| you | would have reparteed |
| he;she;it | would have reparteed |
| we | would have reparteed |
| you | would have reparteed |
| they | would have reparteed |
Imperative
| you | repartee |
| we | Let's repartee |
| you | repartee |
Verbs conjugated like 'repartee'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'repartee'
rebarter,
reparate,
reparse,
repart,
repartner,
repaste,
depart,
hearten,
prepare,
preparse,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1645, "quick remark," from Fr. repartie "an answering blow or thrust" (originally a fencing term), noun use of fem. pp. of O.Fr. repartir "to reply promptly, start out again," from re- "back" + partir "to part, depart, start" (see part). Meaning "a series of sharp rejoinders exchanged" is from 1688.
2. From French repartie, a deverbal of repartir (“to retort”).
Sample Sentences
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Aubrey speaks of him as 'incomparable at reparteeing, the bull that was bayted, his witt beinge most sparkling, when most set on and provoked.' [1862, Various, The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4:]
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To see them together, friendly, reparteeing, chummy, would turn your stomach--Barbara so exquisite and high-born, and the man, his eyes full of evil fires, sitting like a great toad on the model's chair. [1913, Gouverneur Morris, The Penalty:]