Infinitive
destroyen; to destroyen; destroye
Participles
| Present | destroyinge; destroyynge; destroyende |
| Past | destroyed |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | destroye |
| 2nd sing. | destroyest |
| 3rd sing. | destroyeth |
| 1st plur. | destroyen; destroye; destroyeth |
| 2nd plur. | destroyen; destroye; destroyeth |
| 3rd plur. | destroyen; destroye; destroyeth |
Past
| 1st sing. | destroyed; destroyede |
| 2nd sing. | destroyedest |
| 3rd sing. | destroyed; destroyede |
| 1st plur. | destroyeden; destroyed; destroyede |
| 2nd plur. | destroyeden; destroyed; destroyede |
| 3rd plur. | destroyeden; destroyed; destroyede |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | destroye |
| 2nd sing. | destroye |
| 3rd sing. | destroye |
Past
| 1st sing. | destroyed; destroyede |
| 2nd sing. | destroyed; destroyede |
| 3rd sing. | destroyed; destroyede |
Imperative
| Singular | destroye |
| Plural | destroyeth; destroye |
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French destruire, from Late Latin *dēstrūgere, from Latin dēstruere, from dē- (“de-”) + struere (“put together”). Compare destruccioun and stroyen. See: Old French '
destruire', Latin '
destruo'.
Verbs referencing "destroyen"
English
destroy.
Sample Sentences
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⁊ folkis ben wrooþ · ⁊ þi wraþþe cam · ⁊ tyme of deed men to be demed · ⁊ to ȝelde meede to þi ſeruauntis ⁊ pꝛophetis ⁊ halowis ⁊ dꝛedynge þi name · to ſmale ⁊ to grete / ⁊ to diſtrie hem þat coꝛrumpiden þe erþe (And the nations were furious; then your fury came. It is time for the dead to be judged, to give rewards to your servants, prophets, saints, and those who fear your name, both small and large, and to destroy those who destroyed the Earth.) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 11:18, folio 121, recto, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]
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Some putten hem to þe plouȝ. pleıden ful selde / In settynge and sowynge. swonken ful harde. / And wonnen þat waſtours. wᵗ glotonẏe deſtruẏeþ. (Some apply themselves to the plough; [they] very rarely played, / but worked so hard in planting and sowing, / and obtained what idlers squander through gluttony.) [c. 1378-9, [William Langland], “[Prologue]”, in [Piers Plowman, A Treatise on Sin] (W, B-text), London, published c. 1400, →OCLC, folio 1, recto; republished as Thorlac Turville-Petre, Hoyt N. Duggan, editors, Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.15.17 (The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive; 2), SEENET, 2014, →ISBN:]
Cognates
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