Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to soften
Participle: softened
Gerund: softening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | soften |
| you | soften |
| he;she;it | softens |
| we | soften |
| you | soften |
| they | soften |
Perfect
| I | have softened |
| you | have softened |
| he;she;it | has softened |
| we | have softened |
| you | have softened |
| they | have softened |
Past
| I | softened |
| you | softened |
| he;she;it | softened |
| we | softened |
| you | softened |
| they | softened |
Pluperfect
| I | had softened |
| you | had softened |
| he;she;it | had softened |
| we | had softened |
| you | had softened |
| they | had softened |
Future
| I | will soften |
| you | will soften |
| he;she;it | will soften |
| we | will soften |
| you | will soften |
| they | will soften |
Future Perfect
| I | will have softened |
| you | will have softened |
| he;she;it | will have softened |
| we | will have softened |
| you | will have softened |
| they | will have softened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | soften |
| you | soften |
| he;she;it | soften |
| we | soften |
| you | soften |
| they | soften |
Perfect
| I | have softened |
| you | have softened |
| he;she;it | have softened |
| we | have softened |
| you | have softened |
| they | have softened |
Imperfect
| I | softened |
| you | softened |
| he;she;it | softened |
| we | softened |
| you | softened |
| they | softened |
Pluperfect
| I | had softened |
| you | had softened |
| he;she;it | had softened |
| we | had softened |
| you | had softened |
| they | had softened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would soften |
| you | would soften |
| he;she;it | would soften |
| we | would soften |
| you | would soften |
| they | would soften |
Perfect
| I | would have softened |
| you | would have softened |
| he;she;it | would have softened |
| we | would have softened |
| you | would have softened |
| they | would have softened |
Imperative
| you | soften |
| we | Let's soften |
| you | soften |
Verbs conjugated like 'soften'
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 'soften'
sooten,
costen,
daften,
hotten,
outen,
resoften,
safen,
salten,
shorten,
soapen,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English softenen, softnen, equivalent to soft + -en.
Sample Sentences
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[...] indeed. Leaving it upon the sixth, and returning to New York, to embark for England on the succeeding day, I was glad to think that among the last memorable beauties which had glided past us, and softened in the bright perspective, were those whose pictures, traced by no common hand, are fresh in most men 's minds; not easily to grow old, or fade beneath the dust of Time: the Kaatskill Mountains, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Augustine, you know I didn't think of it in that light, ” said Miss Ophelia, evidently softening. “ Well, it might be a real missionary work, ” said she, looking rather more favorably on the child.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)