Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mother
Participle: mothered
Gerund: mothering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mother |
| you | mother |
| he;she;it | mothers |
| we | mother |
| you | mother |
| they | mother |
Perfect
| I | have mothered |
| you | have mothered |
| he;she;it | has mothered |
| we | have mothered |
| you | have mothered |
| they | have mothered |
Past
| I | mothered |
| you | mothered |
| he;she;it | mothered |
| we | mothered |
| you | mothered |
| they | mothered |
Pluperfect
| I | had mothered |
| you | had mothered |
| he;she;it | had mothered |
| we | had mothered |
| you | had mothered |
| they | had mothered |
Future
| I | will mother |
| you | will mother |
| he;she;it | will mother |
| we | will mother |
| you | will mother |
| they | will mother |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mothered |
| you | will have mothered |
| he;she;it | will have mothered |
| we | will have mothered |
| you | will have mothered |
| they | will have mothered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mother |
| you | mother |
| he;she;it | mother |
| we | mother |
| you | mother |
| they | mother |
Perfect
| I | have mothered |
| you | have mothered |
| he;she;it | have mothered |
| we | have mothered |
| you | have mothered |
| they | have mothered |
Imperfect
| I | mothered |
| you | mothered |
| he;she;it | mothered |
| we | mothered |
| you | mothered |
| they | mothered |
Pluperfect
| I | had mothered |
| you | had mothered |
| he;she;it | had mothered |
| we | had mothered |
| you | had mothered |
| they | had mothered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mother |
| you | would mother |
| he;she;it | would mother |
| we | would mother |
| you | would mother |
| they | would mother |
Perfect
| I | would have mothered |
| you | would have mothered |
| he;she;it | would have mothered |
| we | would have mothered |
| you | would have mothered |
| they | would have mothered |
Imperative
| you | mother |
| we | Let's mother |
| you | mother |
Verbs conjugated like 'mother'
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 'mother'
bother,
fother,
mither,
moither,
myther,
other,
pother,
smother,
brother,
cosher,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- transitive: to satisfy the needs or wishes of; to give free reign to
- baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, namby-pamby, nanny, pamper, posset
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. modor, from P.Gmc. *mothær (cf. O.S. modar, Dan. moder, Du. moeder, Ger. Mutter), from PIE *mater- (cf. L. mater, O.Ir. mathir, Lith. mote, Skt. matar-, Gk. meter, O.C.S. mati). Spelling with -th- dates from early 16c., though that pronunciation is probably older. The verb meaning "to take care of" is first recorded 1863. Mother nature first attested 1601; mother earth is from 1586. Mother tongue "one's native language" first attested c.1380. Mother's Day set by act of Congress, May 9, 1908. Mother of all ________ 1991, is Gulf War slang, from Saddam Hueein's use in ref. to the coming battle; it is an Arabic idiom, cf. Ayesha, second wife of Muhammad, known as Mother of Believers. Mother Carey's chickens is late 18c. sailors' nickname for storm petrels, or for snowflakes.
2. From Middle English modren, from the noun (see above).
Sample Sentences
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Q's sister, Debbie, had mothered two kids by the time she was twenty, with neither of the fathers in sight. [1998, Nina Revoyr, The Necessary Hunger: A Novel, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 101:]
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Zilpah, Leah's maid, mothered two sons for Jacob, Gad and Asher. Leah became pregnant once more and had two more sons, Issachar, and Zebulun, and a daughter, Dinah, thus Leah had seven children for Jacob. [2010, Lynette Joseph-Bani, The Biblical Journey of Slavery: From Egypt to the Americas, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 51:]
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She had seen fewer years than any of us, but she was of such superb Evehood and simplicity that she mothered us from the beginning. [c. 1900, O. Henry, An Adjustment of Nature:]
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mothered oil, mothered vinegar, mothered wine
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Iron rusted, paper cracked, cream soured and vinegar mothered. [1968, Evelyn Berckman, The Heir of Starvelings, page 172:]
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Your lamp
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was always polished, wick
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trimmed, waiting; yet the bridegroom
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somehow never came. Summer dust
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settled in the vineyard. Grapes
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were harvested; your parents
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crushed and pressed them, but the wine
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mothered. [2013, Richard Dauenhauer, Benchmarks: New and Selected Poems 1963-2013, page 94:]