Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to digress
Participle: digressed
Gerund: digressing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | digress |
| you | digress |
| he;she;it | digresses |
| we | digress |
| you | digress |
| they | digress |
Perfect
| I | have digressed |
| you | have digressed |
| he;she;it | has digressed |
| we | have digressed |
| you | have digressed |
| they | have digressed |
Past
| I | digressed |
| you | digressed |
| he;she;it | digressed |
| we | digressed |
| you | digressed |
| they | digressed |
Pluperfect
| I | had digressed |
| you | had digressed |
| he;she;it | had digressed |
| we | had digressed |
| you | had digressed |
| they | had digressed |
Future
| I | will digress |
| you | will digress |
| he;she;it | will digress |
| we | will digress |
| you | will digress |
| they | will digress |
Future Perfect
| I | will have digressed |
| you | will have digressed |
| he;she;it | will have digressed |
| we | will have digressed |
| you | will have digressed |
| they | will have digressed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | digress |
| you | digress |
| he;she;it | digress |
| we | digress |
| you | digress |
| they | digress |
Perfect
| I | have digressed |
| you | have digressed |
| he;she;it | have digressed |
| we | have digressed |
| you | have digressed |
| they | have digressed |
Imperfect
| I | digressed |
| you | digressed |
| he;she;it | digressed |
| we | digressed |
| you | digressed |
| they | digressed |
Pluperfect
| I | had digressed |
| you | had digressed |
| he;she;it | had digressed |
| we | had digressed |
| you | had digressed |
| they | had digressed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would digress |
| you | would digress |
| he;she;it | would digress |
| we | would digress |
| you | would digress |
| they | would digress |
Perfect
| I | would have digressed |
| you | would have digressed |
| he;she;it | would have digressed |
| we | would have digressed |
| you | would have digressed |
| they | would have digressed |
Imperative
| you | digress |
| we | Let's digress |
| you | digress |
Verbs conjugated like 'digress'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'digress'
aggress,
depress,
digest,
distress,
diurese,
dress,
duress,
egress,
ingress,
redigress,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin digressum, past participle of digredi.
Sample Sentences
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Moreover she beginneth to digress in latitude. [1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:]
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In the pursuit of an argument there is hardly room to digress into a particular definition as often as a man varies the signification of any term. [1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 3, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:]
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[…] For I hadn't had so much fun since the day / my brother's dog Rover / got run over. / (Rover was killed by a Pontiac. And it was done with such grace and artistry that the witnesses awarded the driver both ears and the tail – but I digress.) [1959, “In Old Mexico”, Tom Lehrer (music):]
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Thy overflow of good converts to bad;
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And thy abundant goodness shall excuse
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This deadly blot in thy digressing son. [1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act 5, scene 3]:]