Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to periphrase
Participle: periphrased
Gerund: periphrasing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | periphrase |
| you | periphrase |
| he;she;it | periphrases |
| we | periphrase |
| you | periphrase |
| they | periphrase |
Perfect
| I | have periphrased |
| you | have periphrased |
| he;she;it | has periphrased |
| we | have periphrased |
| you | have periphrased |
| they | have periphrased |
Past
| I | periphrased |
| you | periphrased |
| he;she;it | periphrased |
| we | periphrased |
| you | periphrased |
| they | periphrased |
Pluperfect
| I | had periphrased |
| you | had periphrased |
| he;she;it | had periphrased |
| we | had periphrased |
| you | had periphrased |
| they | had periphrased |
Future
| I | will periphrase |
| you | will periphrase |
| he;she;it | will periphrase |
| we | will periphrase |
| you | will periphrase |
| they | will periphrase |
Future Perfect
| I | will have periphrased |
| you | will have periphrased |
| he;she;it | will have periphrased |
| we | will have periphrased |
| you | will have periphrased |
| they | will have periphrased |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | periphrase |
| you | periphrase |
| he;she;it | periphrase |
| we | periphrase |
| you | periphrase |
| they | periphrase |
Perfect
| I | have periphrased |
| you | have periphrased |
| he;she;it | have periphrased |
| we | have periphrased |
| you | have periphrased |
| they | have periphrased |
Imperfect
| I | periphrased |
| you | periphrased |
| he;she;it | periphrased |
| we | periphrased |
| you | periphrased |
| they | periphrased |
Pluperfect
| I | had periphrased |
| you | had periphrased |
| he;she;it | had periphrased |
| we | had periphrased |
| you | had periphrased |
| they | had periphrased |
Conditional
Present
| I | would periphrase |
| you | would periphrase |
| he;she;it | would periphrase |
| we | would periphrase |
| you | would periphrase |
| they | would periphrase |
Perfect
| I | would have periphrased |
| you | would have periphrased |
| he;she;it | would have periphrased |
| we | would have periphrased |
| you | would have periphrased |
| they | would have periphrased |
Imperative
| you | periphrase |
| we | Let's periphrase |
| you | periphrase |
Verbs conjugated like 'periphrase'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'periphrase'
paraphrase,
metaphrase,
peripheralise,
perspirate,
rephrase,
dephase,
misphrase,
pedipulate,
peragrate,
perforate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin periphrasis from Ancient Greek περίφρασις (períphrasis), from περιφράζομαι (periphrázomai, “to consider all sides of an issue”), from περί (perí, “around”) + φράζω (phrázō, “to show, point out”). See phrase.
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