Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sauce
Participle: sauced
Gerund: saucing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sauce |
| you | sauce |
| he;she;it | sauces |
| we | sauce |
| you | sauce |
| they | sauce |
Perfect
| I | have sauced |
| you | have sauced |
| he;she;it | has sauced |
| we | have sauced |
| you | have sauced |
| they | have sauced |
Past
| I | sauced |
| you | sauced |
| he;she;it | sauced |
| we | sauced |
| you | sauced |
| they | sauced |
Pluperfect
| I | had sauced |
| you | had sauced |
| he;she;it | had sauced |
| we | had sauced |
| you | had sauced |
| they | had sauced |
Future
| I | will sauce |
| you | will sauce |
| he;she;it | will sauce |
| we | will sauce |
| you | will sauce |
| they | will sauce |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sauced |
| you | will have sauced |
| he;she;it | will have sauced |
| we | will have sauced |
| you | will have sauced |
| they | will have sauced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sauce |
| you | sauce |
| he;she;it | sauce |
| we | sauce |
| you | sauce |
| they | sauce |
Perfect
| I | have sauced |
| you | have sauced |
| he;she;it | have sauced |
| we | have sauced |
| you | have sauced |
| they | have sauced |
Imperfect
| I | sauced |
| you | sauced |
| he;she;it | sauced |
| we | sauced |
| you | sauced |
| they | sauced |
Pluperfect
| I | had sauced |
| you | had sauced |
| he;she;it | had sauced |
| we | had sauced |
| you | had sauced |
| they | had sauced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sauce |
| you | would sauce |
| he;she;it | would sauce |
| we | would sauce |
| you | would sauce |
| they | would sauce |
Perfect
| I | would have sauced |
| you | would have sauced |
| he;she;it | would have sauced |
| we | would have sauced |
| you | would have sauced |
| they | would have sauced |
Imperative
| you | sauce |
| we | Let's sauce |
| you | sauce |
Verbs conjugated like 'sauce'
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 'sauce'
saucer,
souce,
ace,
bace,
cause,
dance,
daunce,
educe,
face,
farce,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. PIE word
2. *sḗh₂l
3. From Middle English sauce, from Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), past participle of saliō (“to salt”), from sal. Doublet of salsa.
4. For the meaning development compare Ancient Greek ἥδυσμα (hḗdusma) ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (whence also English sweet).
Sample Sentences
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Earth, yield me roots; / Who seeks for better of thee, sauce his palate / With thy most operant poison! [c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:]
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Meales, uſually ſavvced vvith a healthfull hunger, vvherein no incocted Crudities oppreſſe Nature, and cheriſh diſeaſe: […] [1645, Jos[eph] Hall, “Sect[ion] XII. Consideration of the Benefits of Poverty.”, in The Remedy of Discontentment: Or, A Treatise of Contentation in whatsoever Condition: […], London: […] J. G. for Nath[aniel] Brooks, […], published 1652, →OCLC, page 61:]
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Then fell she to sauce her desires with threatenings. (The New Arcadia) [a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:]
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I'll sauce her with bitter words. [c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:]
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"A bit of real starvin' would do them no 'arm, and I would 'ave less sauce." "What, has Willie sauced you?" "Yes, when 'e woke up." […] "Wot did he say?" "Cursed me good and proper, 'e did." [1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:]