Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cadge
Participle: cadged
Gerund: cadging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cadge |
| you | cadge |
| he;she;it | cadges |
| we | cadge |
| you | cadge |
| they | cadge |
Perfect
| I | have cadged |
| you | have cadged |
| he;she;it | has cadged |
| we | have cadged |
| you | have cadged |
| they | have cadged |
Past
| I | cadged |
| you | cadged |
| he;she;it | cadged |
| we | cadged |
| you | cadged |
| they | cadged |
Pluperfect
| I | had cadged |
| you | had cadged |
| he;she;it | had cadged |
| we | had cadged |
| you | had cadged |
| they | had cadged |
Future
| I | will cadge |
| you | will cadge |
| he;she;it | will cadge |
| we | will cadge |
| you | will cadge |
| they | will cadge |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cadged |
| you | will have cadged |
| he;she;it | will have cadged |
| we | will have cadged |
| you | will have cadged |
| they | will have cadged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cadge |
| you | cadge |
| he;she;it | cadge |
| we | cadge |
| you | cadge |
| they | cadge |
Perfect
| I | have cadged |
| you | have cadged |
| he;she;it | have cadged |
| we | have cadged |
| you | have cadged |
| they | have cadged |
Imperfect
| I | cadged |
| you | cadged |
| he;she;it | cadged |
| we | cadged |
| you | cadged |
| they | cadged |
Pluperfect
| I | had cadged |
| you | had cadged |
| he;she;it | had cadged |
| we | had cadged |
| you | had cadged |
| they | had cadged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cadge |
| you | would cadge |
| he;she;it | would cadge |
| we | would cadge |
| you | would cadge |
| they | would cadge |
Perfect
| I | would have cadged |
| you | would have cadged |
| he;she;it | would have cadged |
| we | would have cadged |
| you | would have cadged |
| they | would have cadged |
Imperative
| you | cadge |
| we | Let's cadge |
| you | cadge |
Verbs conjugated like 'cadge'
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 'cadge'
badge,
cade,
cage,
codge,
fadge,
adde,
adze,
age,
badger,
barge,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English caggen (“to tie, fasten, bind”), probably from Old Norse. Compare Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt”), kǫgurbarn (“swaddled child”).
Sample Sentences
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Cadging on the fly is a profitable occupation in the vicinity of bathing places, and large towns. A person of this description frequently gets many shillings in the course of the day [1839, Glasgow Society, Report for Repressing Juvenile Delinquency:]
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Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?
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They moved about the bar incessantly, cadging cigarettes and drinks, with something behind their eyes at once terribly vulnerable and terribly hard. [1956, James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room, Penguin, published 2001, Part One, Chapter 2:]
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1960, Lionel Bart, “Food, Glorious Food,” song from the musical Oliver!
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There’s not a crust, not a crumb can we find,
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can we beg, can we borrow, or cadge […]