Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to foist
Participle: foisted
Gerund: foisting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | foist |
| you | foist |
| he;she;it | foists |
| we | foist |
| you | foist |
| they | foist |
Perfect
| I | have foisted |
| you | have foisted |
| he;she;it | has foisted |
| we | have foisted |
| you | have foisted |
| they | have foisted |
Past
| I | foisted |
| you | foisted |
| he;she;it | foisted |
| we | foisted |
| you | foisted |
| they | foisted |
Pluperfect
| I | had foisted |
| you | had foisted |
| he;she;it | had foisted |
| we | had foisted |
| you | had foisted |
| they | had foisted |
Future
| I | will foist |
| you | will foist |
| he;she;it | will foist |
| we | will foist |
| you | will foist |
| they | will foist |
Future Perfect
| I | will have foisted |
| you | will have foisted |
| he;she;it | will have foisted |
| we | will have foisted |
| you | will have foisted |
| they | will have foisted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | foist |
| you | foist |
| he;she;it | foist |
| we | foist |
| you | foist |
| they | foist |
Perfect
| I | have foisted |
| you | have foisted |
| he;she;it | have foisted |
| we | have foisted |
| you | have foisted |
| they | have foisted |
Imperfect
| I | foisted |
| you | foisted |
| he;she;it | foisted |
| we | foisted |
| you | foisted |
| they | foisted |
Pluperfect
| I | had foisted |
| you | had foisted |
| he;she;it | had foisted |
| we | had foisted |
| you | had foisted |
| they | had foisted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would foist |
| you | would foist |
| he;she;it | would foist |
| we | would foist |
| you | would foist |
| they | would foist |
Perfect
| I | would have foisted |
| you | would have foisted |
| he;she;it | would have foisted |
| we | would have foisted |
| you | would have foisted |
| they | would have foisted |
Imperative
| you | foist |
| we | Let's foist |
| you | foist |
Verbs conjugated like 'foist'
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 'foist'
fist,
frist,
hoist,
joist,
moist,
roist,
agist,
boast,
boost,
bost,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Probably from archaic Dutch vuisten (“to take into one’s hand”), from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst (“fist”); akin to Old English fyst (“fist”). See: Dutch '
vuisten'.
Sample Sentences
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But apart from this, it is difficult for a man like Watt to tell a long story like Watt's without leaving out some things, and foisting in others. [1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:]
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the Tale of Zayn al-Asnám is one of two which Galland repudiated, as having been foisted into his 8th volume without his knowledge [a. 1896, William Alexander Clouston, Variants and Analogues of some of the Tales in the Supplemental Nights: Volume 2:]
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attempts to foist alleged grammatical “correctness” on native speakers of an “incorrect” dialect are nothing but the unacknowledged and oppressive exercise of social control [2006, Theodore Dalrymple, The Gift of Language:]
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I am, of course, perfectly aware of how old men try to foist on the public the decay of their intellects and all the rest of their senile shortcomings as valuable qualities, the possession of which gives them special authority. [1933 August, [George] Bernard Shaw, The Political Madhouse in America and Nearer Home: A Lecture, London: Constable & Co, →OCLC, page 11:]
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It is only a decade or so since the air was thick with muttering that L.M.S. influence was far too strong on the newly-born Railway Executive and that too many L.M.S. practices were being foisted on the rest of the system. [1961 May, “Editorial: Mr. M. presents Dr. B. - for a limited season only”, in Trains Illustrated, page 257:]
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foist costly and valueless products on the public [1969, Jonathan Spivak, “Competitive Problems in the Drug Industry”, in The Wall Street Journal:]