Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to warble
Participle: warbled
Gerund: warbling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | warble |
| you | warble |
| he;she;it | warbles |
| we | warble |
| you | warble |
| they | warble |
Perfect
| I | have warbled |
| you | have warbled |
| he;she;it | has warbled |
| we | have warbled |
| you | have warbled |
| they | have warbled |
Past
| I | warbled |
| you | warbled |
| he;she;it | warbled |
| we | warbled |
| you | warbled |
| they | warbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had warbled |
| you | had warbled |
| he;she;it | had warbled |
| we | had warbled |
| you | had warbled |
| they | had warbled |
Future
| I | will warble |
| you | will warble |
| he;she;it | will warble |
| we | will warble |
| you | will warble |
| they | will warble |
Future Perfect
| I | will have warbled |
| you | will have warbled |
| he;she;it | will have warbled |
| we | will have warbled |
| you | will have warbled |
| they | will have warbled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | warble |
| you | warble |
| he;she;it | warble |
| we | warble |
| you | warble |
| they | warble |
Perfect
| I | have warbled |
| you | have warbled |
| he;she;it | have warbled |
| we | have warbled |
| you | have warbled |
| they | have warbled |
Imperfect
| I | warbled |
| you | warbled |
| he;she;it | warbled |
| we | warbled |
| you | warbled |
| they | warbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had warbled |
| you | had warbled |
| he;she;it | had warbled |
| we | had warbled |
| you | had warbled |
| they | had warbled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would warble |
| you | would warble |
| he;she;it | would warble |
| we | would warble |
| you | would warble |
| they | would warble |
Perfect
| I | would have warbled |
| you | would have warbled |
| he;she;it | would have warbled |
| we | would have warbled |
| you | would have warbled |
| they | would have warbled |
Imperative
| you | warble |
| we | Let's warble |
| you | warble |
Verbs conjugated like 'warble'
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 'warble'
garble,
jarble,
marble,
wabble,
wamble,
warple,
wirble,
able,
amble,
arsle,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, from O.N.Fr. werbler "to sing with trills and quavers," from Frank. *werbilon (cf. O.H.G. wirbil "whirlwind," Ger. Wirbel "whirl, whirlpool, tuning peg, vertebra," M.Du. wervelen "to turn, whirl"); see whirl. The noun meaning "tune, melody" is recorded from c.1300. Warbler applied to Old World songbirds (1773), in North America to birds that look like them but sing little (1783).
2. Perhaps onomatopoeic.
Sample Sentences
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Her voice more sweet than warbling sound,
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Tho’ sung by nightingale or lark,
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Her eyes such lustre dart around,
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Compar’d to them the sun is dark. [a. 1722, Matthew Prior, “Non Pareil”, in H. Bunker Wright, Monroe K. Spears, editors, The Literary Works of Matthew Prior, Second edition, volume I, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1971, page 683:]
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In the swamp in secluded recesses, / A shy and hidden bird is warbling a song. [1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:]
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touch the warbled string [1634, John Milton, “Arcades”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:]
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The wailings of a maiden I recite, / A maiden fair, that Sparabella hight. / Such ſtrains ne'er warble in the linnet's throat, / Nor the gay goldfinch chaunts ſo ſweet a note, [...] [1714, J[ohn] Gay, “Wednesday; or, The Dumps”, in The Shepherd’s Week. In Six Pastorals, London: […] R. Burleigh […], →OCLC, page 21:]