whist – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of whist

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to whist
Participle: whisted
Gerund: whisting

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iwhist
youwhist
he;she;itwhists
wewhist
youwhist
theywhist

Perfect

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

Past

Iwhisted
youwhisted
he;she;itwhisted
wewhisted
youwhisted
theywhisted

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Iwhist
youwhist
he;she;itwhist
wewhist
youwhist
theywhist

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Iwhisted
youwhisted
he;she;itwhisted
wewhisted
youwhisted
theywhisted

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youwhist
weLet's whist
youwhist

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'whist'

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 'whist'

hist, whish, whisk, wist, wrist, agist, buist, chast, chest, chit,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English whist (“silent”), possibly onomatopoeic.

Verbs referencing "whist"

Dutch wiezen.

Sample Sentences

  • o was the Titaness put downe and whist [1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]
  • The fields whist, beasts, and fowls of divers bue [1557 July 1, Virgil, “The Fowrth Boke of Virgiles Aenæis”, in Henry [Howard, Earl] of Surrey, transl., edited by William Bolland, Certain Bokes of Virgiles Aenaeis, Turned into English Meter ([Roxburghe Club Publications; I]), London: […] A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1814, →OCLC:]