Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to swither
Participle: swithered
Gerund: swithering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | swither |
| you | swither |
| he;she;it | swithers |
| we | swither |
| you | swither |
| they | swither |
Perfect
| I | have swithered |
| you | have swithered |
| he;she;it | has swithered |
| we | have swithered |
| you | have swithered |
| they | have swithered |
Past
| I | swithered |
| you | swithered |
| he;she;it | swithered |
| we | swithered |
| you | swithered |
| they | swithered |
Pluperfect
| I | had swithered |
| you | had swithered |
| he;she;it | had swithered |
| we | had swithered |
| you | had swithered |
| they | had swithered |
Future
| I | will swither |
| you | will swither |
| he;she;it | will swither |
| we | will swither |
| you | will swither |
| they | will swither |
Future Perfect
| I | will have swithered |
| you | will have swithered |
| he;she;it | will have swithered |
| we | will have swithered |
| you | will have swithered |
| they | will have swithered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | swither |
| you | swither |
| he;she;it | swither |
| we | swither |
| you | swither |
| they | swither |
Perfect
| I | have swithered |
| you | have swithered |
| he;she;it | have swithered |
| we | have swithered |
| you | have swithered |
| they | have swithered |
Imperfect
| I | swithered |
| you | swithered |
| he;she;it | swithered |
| we | swithered |
| you | swithered |
| they | swithered |
Pluperfect
| I | had swithered |
| you | had swithered |
| he;she;it | had swithered |
| we | had swithered |
| you | had swithered |
| they | had swithered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would swither |
| you | would swither |
| he;she;it | would swither |
| we | would swither |
| you | would swither |
| they | would swither |
Perfect
| I | would have swithered |
| you | would have swithered |
| he;she;it | would have swithered |
| we | would have swithered |
| you | would have swithered |
| they | would have swithered |
Imperative
| you | swither |
| we | Let's swither |
| you | swither |
Verbs conjugated like 'swither'
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 'swither'
slither,
wither,
blither,
dither,
mither,
moither,
nither,
sithe,
skitter,
slather,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To dither
- hesitate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English *swithren, from Old Norse sviðra (“to burn, singe”). Related to Middle English swithen (“to burn, scorch, singe”), from Old Norse svíða (“to burn”). See: Middle English '
swithen'.
Sample Sentences
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He was filling his pipe, staring at his picture, not her, and this tacit dismissal allowed her to sidle over to the bank higher up, and there swither her legs about in the water before coming out of it. [1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 51:]