Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to undergird
Participle: undergirded
Gerund: undergirding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | undergird |
| you | undergird |
| he;she;it | undergirds |
| we | undergird |
| you | undergird |
| they | undergird |
Perfect
| I | have undergirded |
| you | have undergirded |
| he;she;it | has undergirded |
| we | have undergirded |
| you | have undergirded |
| they | have undergirded |
Past
| I | undergirded |
| you | undergirded |
| he;she;it | undergirded |
| we | undergirded |
| you | undergirded |
| they | undergirded |
Pluperfect
| I | had undergirded |
| you | had undergirded |
| he;she;it | had undergirded |
| we | had undergirded |
| you | had undergirded |
| they | had undergirded |
Future
| I | will undergird |
| you | will undergird |
| he;she;it | will undergird |
| we | will undergird |
| you | will undergird |
| they | will undergird |
Future Perfect
| I | will have undergirded |
| you | will have undergirded |
| he;she;it | will have undergirded |
| we | will have undergirded |
| you | will have undergirded |
| they | will have undergirded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | undergird |
| you | undergird |
| he;she;it | undergird |
| we | undergird |
| you | undergird |
| they | undergird |
Perfect
| I | have undergirded |
| you | have undergirded |
| he;she;it | have undergirded |
| we | have undergirded |
| you | have undergirded |
| they | have undergirded |
Imperfect
| I | undergirded |
| you | undergirded |
| he;she;it | undergirded |
| we | undergirded |
| you | undergirded |
| they | undergirded |
Pluperfect
| I | had undergirded |
| you | had undergirded |
| he;she;it | had undergirded |
| we | had undergirded |
| you | had undergirded |
| they | had undergirded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would undergird |
| you | would undergird |
| he;she;it | would undergird |
| we | would undergird |
| you | would undergird |
| they | would undergird |
Perfect
| I | would have undergirded |
| you | would have undergirded |
| he;she;it | would have undergirded |
| we | would have undergirded |
| you | would have undergirded |
| they | would have undergirded |
Imperative
| you | undergird |
| we | Let's undergird |
| you | undergird |
Verbs conjugated like 'undergird'
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 'undergird'
underaid,
underbid,
underbind,
underfire,
undergore,
underwind,
underwire,
overgird,
underarm,
underbill,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
4. Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
5. Proto-Indo-European *-ér
6. Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
7. Proto-Germanic *under
8. Proto-West Germanic *undar
9. Old English under-
10. Middle English under-
11. English under-
12. English gird
13. English undergird
14. From under- + gird.
Sample Sentences
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For fiction, documentary, verse, and essay, she undergirds entertaining images and stories with profound themes of ecological responsibility and challenge to the suppression of human rights. [2015, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Barbara Kingsolver: A Literary Companion, McFarland, →ISBN, page 3:]
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“I’m not being cynical about Tim Scott individually. I am maybe suggesting that the rhetoric of ‘can’t we all get along?’ – and those quotes you made about, you know, from my speech in 2004 about there’s a ‘United States of America’ – that has to be undergirded with an honest accounting of our past and our present,” Obama told Axelrod, his former senior adviser, adding that he hadn’t listened the South Carolina Republican’s 2024 campaign speeches. [2023 June 15, Chandelis Duster, “There has to be ‘honest accounting’ of US past and present within Republican Party, Obama says”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2023:]