Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to character
Participle: charactered
Gerund: charactering
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | character |
| you | character |
| he;she;it | characters |
| we | character |
| you | character |
| they | character |
Perfect
| I | have charactered |
| you | have charactered |
| he;she;it | has charactered |
| we | have charactered |
| you | have charactered |
| they | have charactered |
Past
| I | charactered |
| you | charactered |
| he;she;it | charactered |
| we | charactered |
| you | charactered |
| they | charactered |
Pluperfect
| I | had charactered |
| you | had charactered |
| he;she;it | had charactered |
| we | had charactered |
| you | had charactered |
| they | had charactered |
Future
| I | will character |
| you | will character |
| he;she;it | will character |
| we | will character |
| you | will character |
| they | will character |
Future Perfect
| I | will have charactered |
| you | will have charactered |
| he;she;it | will have charactered |
| we | will have charactered |
| you | will have charactered |
| they | will have charactered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | character |
| you | character |
| he;she;it | character |
| we | character |
| you | character |
| they | character |
Perfect
| I | have charactered |
| you | have charactered |
| he;she;it | have charactered |
| we | have charactered |
| you | have charactered |
| they | have charactered |
Imperfect
| I | charactered |
| you | charactered |
| he;she;it | charactered |
| we | charactered |
| you | charactered |
| they | charactered |
Pluperfect
| I | had charactered |
| you | had charactered |
| he;she;it | had charactered |
| we | had charactered |
| you | had charactered |
| they | had charactered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would character |
| you | would character |
| he;she;it | would character |
| we | would character |
| you | would character |
| they | would character |
Perfect
| I | would have charactered |
| you | would have charactered |
| he;she;it | would have charactered |
| we | would have charactered |
| you | would have charactered |
| they | would have charactered |
Imperative
| you | character |
| we | Let's character |
| you | character |
Verbs conjugated like 'character'
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 'character'
charter,
chapter,
characterise,
characterize,
charade,
charioteer,
charper,
chatter,
crater,
arace,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1315, from O.Fr.
caractere, from L.
character, from Gk.
kharakter "engraved mark," from
kharassein "to engrave," from
kharax "pointed stake." Meaning extended by metaphor to "a defining quality."
"You remember Eponina, who kept her husband alive in an underground cavern so devotedly and heroically? The force of character she showed in keeping up his spirits would have been used to hide a lover from her husband if they had been living quietly in Rome. Strong characters need strong nourishment." [Stendhal, "De l'Amour" 1822]
Sense of "person in a play or novel" is first attested 1664, in reference to the "defining qualities" he or she is given by the author. The Latin
ch- spelling was restored 1500s.
Characteristic is from 1664.
2. Etymology tree
3. Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō)
4. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
5. Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr)
6. Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)der.
7. Latin charactērder.
8. Old French caracterebor.
9. Middle English caracter
10. English character
11. From Middle English caracter, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “to engrave”). Displaced native English thew from Old English þēaw (in the plural) and Old English hād (“person, character”). Doublet of charakter.
Sample Sentences
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O Roſalind, theſe Trees ſhall be my Bookes, / And in their barkes my thoughts Ile charracter, / That euery eye, which in this Forreſt lookes, / Shall ſee thy vertue witneſt euery where. [c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:]