Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tenant
Participle: tenanted
Gerund: tenanting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | tenant |
| you | tenant |
| he;she;it | tenants |
| we | tenant |
| you | tenant |
| they | tenant |
Perfect
| I | have tenanted |
| you | have tenanted |
| he;she;it | has tenanted |
| we | have tenanted |
| you | have tenanted |
| they | have tenanted |
Past
| I | tenanted |
| you | tenanted |
| he;she;it | tenanted |
| we | tenanted |
| you | tenanted |
| they | tenanted |
Pluperfect
| I | had tenanted |
| you | had tenanted |
| he;she;it | had tenanted |
| we | had tenanted |
| you | had tenanted |
| they | had tenanted |
Future
| I | will tenant |
| you | will tenant |
| he;she;it | will tenant |
| we | will tenant |
| you | will tenant |
| they | will tenant |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tenanted |
| you | will have tenanted |
| he;she;it | will have tenanted |
| we | will have tenanted |
| you | will have tenanted |
| they | will have tenanted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tenant |
| you | tenant |
| he;she;it | tenant |
| we | tenant |
| you | tenant |
| they | tenant |
Perfect
| I | have tenanted |
| you | have tenanted |
| he;she;it | have tenanted |
| we | have tenanted |
| you | have tenanted |
| they | have tenanted |
Imperfect
| I | tenanted |
| you | tenanted |
| he;she;it | tenanted |
| we | tenanted |
| you | tenanted |
| they | tenanted |
Pluperfect
| I | had tenanted |
| you | had tenanted |
| he;she;it | had tenanted |
| we | had tenanted |
| you | had tenanted |
| they | had tenanted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tenant |
| you | would tenant |
| he;she;it | would tenant |
| we | would tenant |
| you | would tenant |
| they | would tenant |
Perfect
| I | would have tenanted |
| you | would have tenanted |
| he;she;it | would have tenanted |
| we | would have tenanted |
| you | would have tenanted |
| they | would have tenanted |
Imperative
| you | tenant |
| we | Let's tenant |
| you | tenant |
Verbs conjugated like 'tenant'
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 'tenant'
decant,
enact,
levant,
recant,
tekan,
tenon,
tent,
trant,
truant,
tyrant,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1325, "person who holds lands by title or by lease," from Anglo-Fr.
tenaunt (1292), O.Fr.
tenant (12c.), noun use of prp. of
tenir "to hold," from L.
tenere "hold, keep" (see tenet).
2. From Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”). See: Latin '
teneō'.
Sample Sentences
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His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes fastened at the side with rusty clasps. [1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:]
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The felling of dense and lofty forests, which covered, even within the records of history, a considerable space on the globe, now tenanted by civilized man, must generally have lessened the amount of vegetable food throughout the space where these woods grew. [1835, Charles Lyell, chapter IX, in Principles of Geology […] , 4th edition, volume III, London: John Murray, Book III, page 129:]
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They lived in palatial residences[…]their harems tenanted by numerous women[…] [1922, Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 235:]