Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fend
Participle: fended
Gerund: fending
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fend |
| you | fend |
| he;she;it | fends |
| we | fend |
| you | fend |
| they | fend |
Perfect
| I | have fended |
| you | have fended |
| he;she;it | has fended |
| we | have fended |
| you | have fended |
| they | have fended |
Past
| I | fended |
| you | fended |
| he;she;it | fended |
| we | fended |
| you | fended |
| they | fended |
Pluperfect
| I | had fended |
| you | had fended |
| he;she;it | had fended |
| we | had fended |
| you | had fended |
| they | had fended |
Future
| I | will fend |
| you | will fend |
| he;she;it | will fend |
| we | will fend |
| you | will fend |
| they | will fend |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fended |
| you | will have fended |
| he;she;it | will have fended |
| we | will have fended |
| you | will have fended |
| they | will have fended |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fend |
| you | fend |
| he;she;it | fend |
| we | fend |
| you | fend |
| they | fend |
Perfect
| I | have fended |
| you | have fended |
| he;she;it | have fended |
| we | have fended |
| you | have fended |
| they | have fended |
Imperfect
| I | fended |
| you | fended |
| he;she;it | fended |
| we | fended |
| you | fended |
| they | fended |
Pluperfect
| I | had fended |
| you | had fended |
| he;she;it | had fended |
| we | had fended |
| you | had fended |
| they | had fended |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fend |
| you | would fend |
| he;she;it | would fend |
| we | would fend |
| you | would fend |
| they | would fend |
Perfect
| I | would have fended |
| you | would have fended |
| he;she;it | would have fended |
| we | would have fended |
| you | would have fended |
| they | would have fended |
Imperative
| you | fend |
| we | Let's fend |
| you | fend |
Verbs conjugated like 'fend'
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 'fend'
bend,
end,
fand,
feed,
feud,
fiend,
find,
fond,
fund,
hend,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make or keep a person or object safe from attack
- beshield, beward, brood, cape for, defend, guard, preserve, protect, safeguard, secure, shelter, shield, ward
Additional Information
Etymology
From Middle English fenden (“defend, fight, prevent”), shortening of defenden (“defend”), from Old French deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”), from dē- + *fendō (“hit, thrust”), from Proto-Italic *fendō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“strike, kill”). See: Old French '
deffendre', Latin '
dēfendō'.
Verbs referencing "fend"
Manx
fend.
Sample Sentences
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[...] when they comes to your age, is wilful, sometimes—it is natur they should be. But real gentlemen, such as I hopes you'll be, never lets fall on words that isn't ’ spectful to thar parents. Ye an't ’ fended, Mas’r George ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)