Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to serpent
Participle: serpented
Gerund: serpenting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | serpent |
| you | serpent |
| he;she;it | serpents |
| we | serpent |
| you | serpent |
| they | serpent |
Perfect
| I | have serpented |
| you | have serpented |
| he;she;it | has serpented |
| we | have serpented |
| you | have serpented |
| they | have serpented |
Past
| I | serpented |
| you | serpented |
| he;she;it | serpented |
| we | serpented |
| you | serpented |
| they | serpented |
Pluperfect
| I | had serpented |
| you | had serpented |
| he;she;it | had serpented |
| we | had serpented |
| you | had serpented |
| they | had serpented |
Future
| I | will serpent |
| you | will serpent |
| he;she;it | will serpent |
| we | will serpent |
| you | will serpent |
| they | will serpent |
Future Perfect
| I | will have serpented |
| you | will have serpented |
| he;she;it | will have serpented |
| we | will have serpented |
| you | will have serpented |
| they | will have serpented |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | serpent |
| you | serpent |
| he;she;it | serpent |
| we | serpent |
| you | serpent |
| they | serpent |
Perfect
| I | have serpented |
| you | have serpented |
| he;she;it | have serpented |
| we | have serpented |
| you | have serpented |
| they | have serpented |
Imperfect
| I | serpented |
| you | serpented |
| he;she;it | serpented |
| we | serpented |
| you | serpented |
| they | serpented |
Pluperfect
| I | had serpented |
| you | had serpented |
| he;she;it | had serpented |
| we | had serpented |
| you | had serpented |
| they | had serpented |
Conditional
Present
| I | would serpent |
| you | would serpent |
| he;she;it | would serpent |
| we | would serpent |
| you | would serpent |
| they | would serpent |
Perfect
| I | would have serpented |
| you | would have serpented |
| he;she;it | would have serpented |
| we | would have serpented |
| you | would have serpented |
| they | would have serpented |
Imperative
| you | serpent |
| we | Let's serpent |
| you | serpent |
Verbs conjugated like 'serpent'
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 'serpent'
carpent,
ferment,
perpend,
repent,
rerent,
segment,
serene,
servant,
sprent,
bepelt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *serp-
3. Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti
4. Proto-Italic *serpō
5. Latin serpō
6. Latin serpēns
7. Old French serpentbor.
8. Middle English serpent
9. English serpent
10. From Middle English serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), present active participle of serpere (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Italic *serpō, from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. In this sense, displaced native Old English nǣdre (“snake, serpent”), whence Modern English adder.
11. Compare Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa, “snake”), which is a descendant of the same Proto-Indo-European word as serpent.
Sample Sentences
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fruit-trees, whose boles are serpented with excellent vines [1645 February 9 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for January 31 1645]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:]