Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to lisp
Participle: lisped
Gerund: lisping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | lisp |
| you | lisp |
| he;she;it | lisps |
| we | lisp |
| you | lisp |
| they | lisp |
Perfect
| I | have lisped |
| you | have lisped |
| he;she;it | has lisped |
| we | have lisped |
| you | have lisped |
| they | have lisped |
Past
| I | lisped |
| you | lisped |
| he;she;it | lisped |
| we | lisped |
| you | lisped |
| they | lisped |
Pluperfect
| I | had lisped |
| you | had lisped |
| he;she;it | had lisped |
| we | had lisped |
| you | had lisped |
| they | had lisped |
Future
| I | will lisp |
| you | will lisp |
| he;she;it | will lisp |
| we | will lisp |
| you | will lisp |
| they | will lisp |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lisped |
| you | will have lisped |
| he;she;it | will have lisped |
| we | will have lisped |
| you | will have lisped |
| they | will have lisped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | lisp |
| you | lisp |
| he;she;it | lisp |
| we | lisp |
| you | lisp |
| they | lisp |
Perfect
| I | have lisped |
| you | have lisped |
| he;she;it | have lisped |
| we | have lisped |
| you | have lisped |
| they | have lisped |
Imperfect
| I | lisped |
| you | lisped |
| he;she;it | lisped |
| we | lisped |
| you | lisped |
| they | lisped |
Pluperfect
| I | had lisped |
| you | had lisped |
| he;she;it | had lisped |
| we | had lisped |
| you | had lisped |
| they | had lisped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would lisp |
| you | would lisp |
| he;she;it | would lisp |
| we | would lisp |
| you | would lisp |
| they | would lisp |
Perfect
| I | would have lisped |
| you | would have lisped |
| he;she;it | would have lisped |
| we | would have lisped |
| you | would have lisped |
| they | would have lisped |
Imperative
| you | lisp |
| we | Let's lisp |
| you | lisp |
Verbs conjugated like 'lisp'
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 'lisp'
limp,
lip,
liss,
list,
risp,
wisp,
bip,
blimp,
blip,
clasp,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English lispen, lipsen, wlispen, from Old English *wlispian (attested in āwlyspian (“to lisp”)), from Old English wlisp, wlips (“stammering, lisping”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *wlispaz (“lisping”), from Proto-Indo-European *wlis-, *wleys- (“rod”), from *wel- (“to turn, roll”). Cognate with Middle Low German wlispen (“to lisp”), Dutch lispen (“to lisp”), German lispeln (“to lisp”), Danish læspe (“to lisp”), Swedish läspa (“to lisp”). See: Dutch '
lispen', German, old spelling '
lispeln', Danish '
læspe', Swedish '
läspa'.
Verbs referencing "lisp"
Danish
læspe.
Sample Sentences
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Until the age of 10, Dominic would lisp, but this was fixed by a speech therapist.
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As yet a Child, nor yet a Fool to Fame, / I liſp'd in Numbers, for the Numbers came. [1735 January 13 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1734), [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London: […] J[ohn] Wright for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 7, lines 122–123:]
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Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt. [1597, Michaell [i.e., Michael] Drayton, “(please specify the chapter, poem, or subtitle)”, in Englands Heroicall Epistles, London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] Ling, […], →OCLC:]
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But the fashion spreads deeper and wider; the village is infected and the village green; Amelias and Claras sweep your rooms and cook your dinners, gentle Sophias milk your cows, and if you ask a pretty smiling girl at a cottage door to tell you her name, the rosy lips lisp out Caroline. [1830, Mary Russell Mitford, “Cottage Names”, in Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery, volume IV, London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 68:]
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to speak unto them after their own capacity, and to lisp the words unto them , according as the babes and children of that age might sound them againagain [1848, Henry Walter, editor, Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures:]
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to lisp treason
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"You have done well, sir," said Delwood, calmly, as he placed double the amount of Mrs. Santon's bribe in the Signor's hand; "you have done well, sir; and mark my words,—gold can never relieve a guilty conscience! Go, sir, and see that you lisp not a syllable of this to any one." [1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds:]