Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to calver
Participle: calvered
Gerund: calvering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | calver |
| you | calver |
| he;she;it | calvers |
| we | calver |
| you | calver |
| they | calver |
Perfect
| I | have calvered |
| you | have calvered |
| he;she;it | has calvered |
| we | have calvered |
| you | have calvered |
| they | have calvered |
Past
| I | calvered |
| you | calvered |
| he;she;it | calvered |
| we | calvered |
| you | calvered |
| they | calvered |
Pluperfect
| I | had calvered |
| you | had calvered |
| he;she;it | had calvered |
| we | had calvered |
| you | had calvered |
| they | had calvered |
Future
| I | will calver |
| you | will calver |
| he;she;it | will calver |
| we | will calver |
| you | will calver |
| they | will calver |
Future Perfect
| I | will have calvered |
| you | will have calvered |
| he;she;it | will have calvered |
| we | will have calvered |
| you | will have calvered |
| they | will have calvered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | calver |
| you | calver |
| he;she;it | calver |
| we | calver |
| you | calver |
| they | calver |
Perfect
| I | have calvered |
| you | have calvered |
| he;she;it | have calvered |
| we | have calvered |
| you | have calvered |
| they | have calvered |
Imperfect
| I | calvered |
| you | calvered |
| he;she;it | calvered |
| we | calvered |
| you | calvered |
| they | calvered |
Pluperfect
| I | had calvered |
| you | had calvered |
| he;she;it | had calvered |
| we | had calvered |
| you | had calvered |
| they | had calvered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would calver |
| you | would calver |
| he;she;it | would calver |
| we | would calver |
| you | would calver |
| they | would calver |
Perfect
| I | would have calvered |
| you | would have calvered |
| he;she;it | would have calvered |
| we | would have calvered |
| you | would have calvered |
| they | would have calvered |
Imperative
| you | calver |
| we | Let's calver |
| you | calver |
Verbs conjugated like 'calver'
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 'calver'
calve,
alter,
aver,
balter,
callet,
calmen,
camber,
canker,
canter,
caper,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
As the adjective predates the verb, possibly from Middle English calver (“interspersed with flakes”), from Old English calwer. Cognate with Scots caller.
Sample Sentences
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My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […] [1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):]
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Great lords sometimes / For change leave calver'd salmon and eat sprats. [1633, Philip Massinger, “The Guardian”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, published 1845, act 4, scene 2, page 429:]
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[A Grayling's] flesh will so easily calver that […][it] is very good meat at all times. [1676, Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, The Compleat Angler:]