Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to canton
Participle: cantoned
Gerund: cantoning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | canton |
| you | canton |
| he;she;it | cantons |
| we | canton |
| you | canton |
| they | canton |
Perfect
| I | have cantoned |
| you | have cantoned |
| he;she;it | has cantoned |
| we | have cantoned |
| you | have cantoned |
| they | have cantoned |
Past
| I | cantoned |
| you | cantoned |
| he;she;it | cantoned |
| we | cantoned |
| you | cantoned |
| they | cantoned |
Pluperfect
| I | had cantoned |
| you | had cantoned |
| he;she;it | had cantoned |
| we | had cantoned |
| you | had cantoned |
| they | had cantoned |
Future
| I | will canton |
| you | will canton |
| he;she;it | will canton |
| we | will canton |
| you | will canton |
| they | will canton |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cantoned |
| you | will have cantoned |
| he;she;it | will have cantoned |
| we | will have cantoned |
| you | will have cantoned |
| they | will have cantoned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | canton |
| you | canton |
| he;she;it | canton |
| we | canton |
| you | canton |
| they | canton |
Perfect
| I | have cantoned |
| you | have cantoned |
| he;she;it | have cantoned |
| we | have cantoned |
| you | have cantoned |
| they | have cantoned |
Imperfect
| I | cantoned |
| you | cantoned |
| he;she;it | cantoned |
| we | cantoned |
| you | cantoned |
| they | cantoned |
Pluperfect
| I | had cantoned |
| you | had cantoned |
| he;she;it | had cantoned |
| we | had cantoned |
| you | had cantoned |
| they | had cantoned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would canton |
| you | would canton |
| he;she;it | would canton |
| we | would canton |
| you | would canton |
| they | would canton |
Perfect
| I | would have cantoned |
| you | would have cantoned |
| he;she;it | would have cantoned |
| we | would have cantoned |
| you | would have cantoned |
| they | would have cantoned |
Imperative
| you | canton |
| we | Let's canton |
| you | canton |
Verbs conjugated like 'canton'
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 'canton'
cannon,
carton,
danton,
wanton,
baton,
caftan,
cancan,
canoe,
cant,
canter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1530s, from Middle French canton, from Old French canton (“corner”); heraldic sense from the 1570s, geographic sense from c. 1600.
Sample Sentences
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To the end of husbanding the supplies, he will cause to be cantoned in the cities and villages the greatest possible numbers of troops [1854, O. F. Winship, E. E. McLean (translators), Summary of the Art of War (originally by Antoine-Henri Jomini)]
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An army, falling back upon its lines of magazines, may … make its retreat with more security than one which has to canton, to subsist, and to extend itself to find cantonments. [1854, O. F. Winship, E. E. McLean (translators), Summary of the Art of War (originally by Antoine-Henri Jomini)]