Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to twire
Participle: twired
Gerund: twiring
Indicative
Present
| I | twire |
| you | twire |
| he;she;it | twires |
| we | twire |
| you | twire |
| they | twire |
Perfect
| I | have twired |
| you | have twired |
| he;she;it | has twired |
| we | have twired |
| you | have twired |
| they | have twired |
Past
| I | twired |
| you | twired |
| he;she;it | twired |
| we | twired |
| you | twired |
| they | twired |
Pluperfect
| I | had twired |
| you | had twired |
| he;she;it | had twired |
| we | had twired |
| you | had twired |
| they | had twired |
Future
| I | will twire |
| you | will twire |
| he;she;it | will twire |
| we | will twire |
| you | will twire |
| they | will twire |
Future Perfect
| I | will have twired |
| you | will have twired |
| he;she;it | will have twired |
| we | will have twired |
| you | will have twired |
| they | will have twired |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | twire |
| you | twire |
| he;she;it | twire |
| we | twire |
| you | twire |
| they | twire |
Perfect
| I | have twired |
| you | have twired |
| he;she;it | have twired |
| we | have twired |
| you | have twired |
| they | have twired |
Imperfect
| I | twired |
| you | twired |
| he;she;it | twired |
| we | twired |
| you | twired |
| they | twired |
Pluperfect
| I | had twired |
| you | had twired |
| he;she;it | had twired |
| we | had twired |
| you | had twired |
| they | had twired |
Conditional
Present
| I | would twire |
| you | would twire |
| he;she;it | would twire |
| we | would twire |
| you | would twire |
| they | would twire |
Perfect
| I | would have twired |
| you | would have twired |
| he;she;it | would have twired |
| we | would have twired |
| you | would have twired |
| they | would have twired |
Imperative
| you | twire |
| we | Let's twire |
| you | twire |
Verbs conjugated like 'twire'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'twire'
tire,
twine,
twirl,
wire,
attire,
atwite,
dewire,
dwine,
fire,
hire,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English twiren (“to peep out, pry about, twinkle, glance, gleam”), cognate with Middle High German zwieren (“to spy”), Bavarian zwiren, zwieren (“to spy, glance”). Perhaps related to Old English twinclian (“to twinkle”). More at twinkle. See: Middle High German '
zwieren', Old English '
twinclian'.
Sample Sentences
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I saw the wench that twired and twinkled at thee. [c. 1619–1623, John Fletcher, “Women Pleas’d”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i:]
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Which maids will twire at 'tween their fingers. [c. 1637, Ben Jonson, The Sad Shepherd:]
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When sparkling stars twire not, thou gild'st the even. [1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 28”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:]