Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to deacon
Participle: deaconed
Gerund: deaconing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | deacon |
| you | deacon |
| he;she;it | deacons |
| we | deacon |
| you | deacon |
| they | deacon |
Perfect
| I | have deaconed |
| you | have deaconed |
| he;she;it | has deaconed |
| we | have deaconed |
| you | have deaconed |
| they | have deaconed |
Past
| I | deaconed |
| you | deaconed |
| he;she;it | deaconed |
| we | deaconed |
| you | deaconed |
| they | deaconed |
Pluperfect
| I | had deaconed |
| you | had deaconed |
| he;she;it | had deaconed |
| we | had deaconed |
| you | had deaconed |
| they | had deaconed |
Future
| I | will deacon |
| you | will deacon |
| he;she;it | will deacon |
| we | will deacon |
| you | will deacon |
| they | will deacon |
Future Perfect
| I | will have deaconed |
| you | will have deaconed |
| he;she;it | will have deaconed |
| we | will have deaconed |
| you | will have deaconed |
| they | will have deaconed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | deacon |
| you | deacon |
| he;she;it | deacon |
| we | deacon |
| you | deacon |
| they | deacon |
Perfect
| I | have deaconed |
| you | have deaconed |
| he;she;it | have deaconed |
| we | have deaconed |
| you | have deaconed |
| they | have deaconed |
Imperfect
| I | deaconed |
| you | deaconed |
| he;she;it | deaconed |
| we | deaconed |
| you | deaconed |
| they | deaconed |
Pluperfect
| I | had deaconed |
| you | had deaconed |
| he;she;it | had deaconed |
| we | had deaconed |
| you | had deaconed |
| they | had deaconed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would deacon |
| you | would deacon |
| he;she;it | would deacon |
| we | would deacon |
| you | would deacon |
| they | would deacon |
Perfect
| I | would have deaconed |
| you | would have deaconed |
| he;she;it | would have deaconed |
| we | would have deaconed |
| you | would have deaconed |
| they | would have deaconed |
Imperative
| you | deacon |
| we | Let's deacon |
| you | deacon |
Verbs conjugated like 'deacon'
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 'deacon'
beacon,
decon,
deaden,
deafen,
dean,
dearn,
decan,
decoy,
descan,
peacen,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English deken, dekne, from Old English diacon, from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”).
Sample Sentences
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He was deaconed on the 23rd May, and priested on the 29th September, 1624, by John, Bishop of Sodar and Man. [1869, George Bennett, The History of Bandon, and the Principal Towns in the West Riding of County Cork, Francis Guy, page 518]
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Chapman was a lay missionary and was not deaconed until 1844 and priested in 1852. [1992, Allan Davidson, Donald D. Hook, “New Zealand's Prayer Book”, in Anglican and Episcopal History, 61.3, pages 247-251:]
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Thus, Samuel Seabury... was deaconed by the Bishop of Lincoln and priested by the Bishop of Carlisle. [2013, Gregory K. Cameron, “Locating the Anglican Communion in the History of Anglicanism”, in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the Anglican Communion, page 3:]
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The blanc mange was lumpy, and the strawberries not as ripe as they looked, having been skilfully 'deaconed'. [1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women:]
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It's like buying a barrel of apples that's been deaconed — after you've found that the deeper you go the meaner and wormier the fruit, you forget all about the layer of big, rosy, wax-finished pippins that was on top. [1902, George Horace Lorimer, Old Gorgon Graham:]