Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spire
Participle: spired
Gerund: spiring
Indicative
Present
| I | spire |
| you | spire |
| he;she;it | spires |
| we | spire |
| you | spire |
| they | spire |
Perfect
| I | have spired |
| you | have spired |
| he;she;it | has spired |
| we | have spired |
| you | have spired |
| they | have spired |
Past
| I | spired |
| you | spired |
| he;she;it | spired |
| we | spired |
| you | spired |
| they | spired |
Pluperfect
| I | had spired |
| you | had spired |
| he;she;it | had spired |
| we | had spired |
| you | had spired |
| they | had spired |
Future
| I | will spire |
| you | will spire |
| he;she;it | will spire |
| we | will spire |
| you | will spire |
| they | will spire |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spired |
| you | will have spired |
| he;she;it | will have spired |
| we | will have spired |
| you | will have spired |
| they | will have spired |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spire |
| you | spire |
| he;she;it | spire |
| we | spire |
| you | spire |
| they | spire |
Perfect
| I | have spired |
| you | have spired |
| he;she;it | have spired |
| we | have spired |
| you | have spired |
| they | have spired |
Imperfect
| I | spired |
| you | spired |
| he;she;it | spired |
| we | spired |
| you | spired |
| they | spired |
Pluperfect
| I | had spired |
| you | had spired |
| he;she;it | had spired |
| we | had spired |
| you | had spired |
| they | had spired |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spire |
| you | would spire |
| he;she;it | would spire |
| we | would spire |
| you | would spire |
| they | would spire |
Perfect
| I | would have spired |
| you | would have spired |
| he;she;it | would have spired |
| we | would have spired |
| you | would have spired |
| they | would have spired |
Imperative
| you | spire |
| we | Let's spire |
| you | spire |
Verbs conjugated like 'spire'
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 'spire'
aspire,
shire,
sire,
spare,
spice,
spike,
spile,
spirt,
spite,
spore,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English spire, spyre, spier, spir, from Old English spīr, from Proto-Germanic *spīrō, *spīrǭ (“peak; point; tip; stalk”). Cognate with Dutch spier, German Low German Spier, German Spier, Spiere, Danish spir, Norwegian spir and spire, Swedish spira, Icelandic spíra. See: Swedish '
spira', Icelandic '
spíra'.
Sample Sentences
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In gentle Ladies breste and bounteous race / Of woman kind it fayrest Flowre doth spyre, / And beareth fruit of honour and all chast desyre. [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]
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It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being more inclined to branch into arms. [1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:]