Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to affectionate
Participle: affectionated
Gerund: affectionating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | affectionate |
| you | affectionate |
| he;she;it | affectionates |
| we | affectionate |
| you | affectionate |
| they | affectionate |
Perfect
| I | have affectionated |
| you | have affectionated |
| he;she;it | has affectionated |
| we | have affectionated |
| you | have affectionated |
| they | have affectionated |
Past
| I | affectionated |
| you | affectionated |
| he;she;it | affectionated |
| we | affectionated |
| you | affectionated |
| they | affectionated |
Pluperfect
| I | had affectionated |
| you | had affectionated |
| he;she;it | had affectionated |
| we | had affectionated |
| you | had affectionated |
| they | had affectionated |
Future
| I | will affectionate |
| you | will affectionate |
| he;she;it | will affectionate |
| we | will affectionate |
| you | will affectionate |
| they | will affectionate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have affectionated |
| you | will have affectionated |
| he;she;it | will have affectionated |
| we | will have affectionated |
| you | will have affectionated |
| they | will have affectionated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | affectionate |
| you | affectionate |
| he;she;it | affectionate |
| we | affectionate |
| you | affectionate |
| they | affectionate |
Perfect
| I | have affectionated |
| you | have affectionated |
| he;she;it | have affectionated |
| we | have affectionated |
| you | have affectionated |
| they | have affectionated |
Imperfect
| I | affectionated |
| you | affectionated |
| he;she;it | affectionated |
| we | affectionated |
| you | affectionated |
| they | affectionated |
Pluperfect
| I | had affectionated |
| you | had affectionated |
| he;she;it | had affectionated |
| we | had affectionated |
| you | had affectionated |
| they | had affectionated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would affectionate |
| you | would affectionate |
| he;she;it | would affectionate |
| we | would affectionate |
| you | would affectionate |
| they | would affectionate |
Perfect
| I | would have affectionated |
| you | would have affectionated |
| he;she;it | would have affectionated |
| we | would have affectionated |
| you | would have affectionated |
| they | would have affectionated |
Imperative
| you | affectionate |
| we | Let's affectionate |
| you | affectionate |
Verbs conjugated like 'affectionate'
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 'affectionate'
affection,
effectivate,
fractionate,
functionate,
perfectionate,
apportionate,
caffeinate,
cofractionate,
effectuate,
effeminate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Either from the above adjective by metanalysis or from affection + -ate (verb-forming suffix) (modelled on Middle French affectionner (French affectionner)). See: French '
affectionner'.
Sample Sentences
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Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that […]. [, Folio Society, 2006, p.21]
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And firſt, his Majeſty would have you to underſtand, That there was never any King more loving to his People, or better affectionated to the right uſe of Parliaments, than his Majeſty hath approved himſelf to be,[…]. [1721, John Rushworth, Historical Collections Of Private Passages of State, etc.: 1618—1629, volume 1, page 222:]
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1838 February 1, Charles Dickens, To Catherine Dickens, 2012, Jenny Hartley (editor), The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens, page 41,
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Ever my dear Kate your affectionated husband
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CHARLES DICKENS