Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to demure
Participle: demured
Gerund: demuring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | demure |
| you | demure |
| he;she;it | demures |
| we | demure |
| you | demure |
| they | demure |
Perfect
| I | have demured |
| you | have demured |
| he;she;it | has demured |
| we | have demured |
| you | have demured |
| they | have demured |
Past
| I | demured |
| you | demured |
| he;she;it | demured |
| we | demured |
| you | demured |
| they | demured |
Pluperfect
| I | had demured |
| you | had demured |
| he;she;it | had demured |
| we | had demured |
| you | had demured |
| they | had demured |
Future
| I | will demure |
| you | will demure |
| he;she;it | will demure |
| we | will demure |
| you | will demure |
| they | will demure |
Future Perfect
| I | will have demured |
| you | will have demured |
| he;she;it | will have demured |
| we | will have demured |
| you | will have demured |
| they | will have demured |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | demure |
| you | demure |
| he;she;it | demure |
| we | demure |
| you | demure |
| they | demure |
Perfect
| I | have demured |
| you | have demured |
| he;she;it | have demured |
| we | have demured |
| you | have demured |
| they | have demured |
Imperfect
| I | demured |
| you | demured |
| he;she;it | demured |
| we | demured |
| you | demured |
| they | demured |
Pluperfect
| I | had demured |
| you | had demured |
| he;she;it | had demured |
| we | had demured |
| you | had demured |
| they | had demured |
Conditional
Present
| I | would demure |
| you | would demure |
| he;she;it | would demure |
| we | would demure |
| you | would demure |
| they | would demure |
Perfect
| I | would have demured |
| you | would have demured |
| he;she;it | would have demured |
| we | would have demured |
| you | would have demured |
| they | would have demured |
Imperative
| you | demure |
| we | Let's demure |
| you | demure |
Verbs conjugated like 'demure'
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 'demure'
demur,
depure,
bemire,
bemuse,
deburr,
deburse,
decore,
decurt,
deduce,
dedupe,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Inherited from Middle English demure, demwre, an abbreviation of Anglo-Norman de mure port (“with a mature demeanor”) (compare Old French meur from Latin mātūrus):
2. *si il seyt coy e de mure port (Amur curteiz) (“he sits quietly and with a mature appearance”)
3. * Documents illustrating the history of Scotland, CLV, 1306, Orders for the custody of Scottish prisoners, CLV: …et que eles soient de bon et meur port (“…with a good and mature demeanor”)
4. * mss. Arundel, 220: ke cely qe vus amerez soyt de gentil manere, coy, de meure porture (“with a mature demeanor”)
5. * (Monastic rule): de aunciene dame de meure porture ke pusse les plus ieuenes rieueler e endoctriner (“an old lady with a mature demeanor able to rule and educate the young girls”).
Sample Sentences
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Your Wife Octavia, with her modeſt eyes, / […] ſhall acquire no Honour / Demuring vpon me: [c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene xvi], page 363, column 2, line 30:]