philosophy – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of philosophy

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to philosophy
Participle: philosophied
Gerund: philosophying

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iphilosophy
youphilosophy
he;she;itphilosophies
wephilosophy
youphilosophy
theyphilosophy

Perfect

Ihave philosophied
youhave philosophied
he;she;ithas philosophied
wehave philosophied
youhave philosophied
theyhave philosophied

Past

Iphilosophied
youphilosophied
he;she;itphilosophied
wephilosophied
youphilosophied
theyphilosophied

Pluperfect

Ihad philosophied
youhad philosophied
he;she;ithad philosophied
wehad philosophied
youhad philosophied
theyhad philosophied

Future

Iwill philosophy
youwill philosophy
he;she;itwill philosophy
wewill philosophy
youwill philosophy
theywill philosophy

Future Perfect

Iwill have philosophied
youwill have philosophied
he;she;itwill have philosophied
wewill have philosophied
youwill have philosophied
theywill have philosophied

Subjunctive

Present

Iphilosophy
youphilosophy
he;she;itphilosophy
wephilosophy
youphilosophy
theyphilosophy

Perfect

Ihave philosophied
youhave philosophied
he;she;ithave philosophied
wehave philosophied
youhave philosophied
theyhave philosophied

Imperfect

Iphilosophied
youphilosophied
he;she;itphilosophied
wephilosophied
youphilosophied
theyphilosophied

Pluperfect

Ihad philosophied
youhad philosophied
he;she;ithad philosophied
wehad philosophied
youhad philosophied
theyhad philosophied

Conditional

Present

Iwould philosophy
youwould philosophy
he;she;itwould philosophy
wewould philosophy
youwould philosophy
theywould philosophy

Perfect

Iwould have philosophied
youwould have philosophied
he;she;itwould have philosophied
wewould have philosophied
youwould have philosophied
theywould have philosophied

Imperative

youphilosophy
weLet's philosophy
youphilosophy

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam philosophying
youare philosophying
he;she;itis philosophying
weare philosophying
youare philosophying
theyare philosophying

Perfect

Ihave been philosophying
youhave been philosophying
he;she;ithas been philosophying
wehave been philosophying
youhave been philosophying
theyhave been philosophying

Past

Iwas philosophying
youwere philosophying
he;she;itwas philosophying
wewere philosophying
youwere philosophying
theywere philosophying

Pluperfect

Ihad been philosophying
youhad been philosophying
he;she;ithad been philosophying
wehad been philosophying
youhad been philosophying
theyhad been philosophying

Future

Iwill be philosophying
youwill be philosophying
he;she;itwill be philosophying
wewill be philosophying
youwill be philosophying
theywill be philosophying

Future Perfect

Iwill have been philosophying
youwill have been philosophying
he;she;itwill have been philosophying
wewill have been philosophying
youwill have been philosophying
theywill have been philosophying

Conditional

Present

Iwould be philosophying
youwould be philosophying
he;she;itwould be philosophying
wewould be philosophying
youwould be philosophying
theywould be philosophying

Perfect

Iwould have been philosophying
youwould have been philosophying
he;she;itwould have been philosophying
wewould have been philosophying
youwould have been philosophying
theywould have been philosophying

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'philosophy'

accompany, acetify, acidify, adsignify, affy, alacrify, alkalify, ally, amnesty, amplify, angelify, anglicify, anglify, apology, apply, arefy, argufy, astony, atrophy, avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English philosophie, Old French philosophie, and their source, Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), from φίλος (phílos, “loving”) + σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”). By surface analysis, philo- + -sophy. Displaced Old English ūþwitegung.

Sample Sentences

  • Plato hath (in my seeming) loved this manner of Philosophying, Dialogue wise in good earnest, that therby he might more decently place in sundry mouthes the diversity and variation of his owne conceits. [1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:]