Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to godfather
Participle: godfathered
Gerund: godfathering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | godfather |
| you | godfather |
| he;she;it | godfathers |
| we | godfather |
| you | godfather |
| they | godfather |
Perfect
| I | have godfathered |
| you | have godfathered |
| he;she;it | has godfathered |
| we | have godfathered |
| you | have godfathered |
| they | have godfathered |
Past
| I | godfathered |
| you | godfathered |
| he;she;it | godfathered |
| we | godfathered |
| you | godfathered |
| they | godfathered |
Pluperfect
| I | had godfathered |
| you | had godfathered |
| he;she;it | had godfathered |
| we | had godfathered |
| you | had godfathered |
| they | had godfathered |
Future
| I | will godfather |
| you | will godfather |
| he;she;it | will godfather |
| we | will godfather |
| you | will godfather |
| they | will godfather |
Future Perfect
| I | will have godfathered |
| you | will have godfathered |
| he;she;it | will have godfathered |
| we | will have godfathered |
| you | will have godfathered |
| they | will have godfathered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | godfather |
| you | godfather |
| he;she;it | godfather |
| we | godfather |
| you | godfather |
| they | godfather |
Perfect
| I | have godfathered |
| you | have godfathered |
| he;she;it | have godfathered |
| we | have godfathered |
| you | have godfathered |
| they | have godfathered |
Imperfect
| I | godfathered |
| you | godfathered |
| he;she;it | godfathered |
| we | godfathered |
| you | godfathered |
| they | godfathered |
Pluperfect
| I | had godfathered |
| you | had godfathered |
| he;she;it | had godfathered |
| we | had godfathered |
| you | had godfathered |
| they | had godfathered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would godfather |
| you | would godfather |
| he;she;it | would godfather |
| we | would godfather |
| you | would godfather |
| they | would godfather |
Perfect
| I | would have godfathered |
| you | would have godfathered |
| he;she;it | would have godfathered |
| we | would have godfathered |
| you | would have godfathered |
| they | would have godfathered |
Imperative
| you | godfather |
| we | Let's godfather |
| you | godfather |
Verbs conjugated like 'godfather'
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 'godfather'
godmother,
father,
forgather,
gather,
grandfather,
unfather,
befeather,
begather,
beslather,
blather,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English godfader, from Old English godfæder (“godfather”), equivalent to god- + father. Cognate with Old Saxon godfadar (“godfather”), Middle Dutch godvader (“godfather”), Danish gudfader, gudfar (“godfather”), Swedish gudfader, gudfar (“godfather”), Icelandic guðfaðir (“godfather”).
Sample Sentences
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Hull objected violently that aid had not been used to extract commitments on postwar economic policy; the joint chiefs had wanted bases; others in the military still wanted Britain to play only a minor, if any, role in the Pacific; and they were all apparently angry at the Treasury for godfathering the Quebec Agreement. [1996, Ann Lane, The Rise and Fall of the Grand Alliance, 1941–45, page 61:]
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But months before, he'd agreed to godfather the premiere of The Godfather. [2006, Robert Evans, The Kid Stays in the Picture, page 5:]
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The grave site, humble as it is, reflects something more than a hometown’s determination to honor a fallen son, something that seems irreducible in the politics of Iraq: the refusal of the Sunni minority, who ruled Iraq for centuries until Mr. Hussein’s overthrow, to reconcile themselves to the assumption of power by the Shiite majority who won elections godfathered by the American occupation authority. [2007 August 3, John F. Burns, “At Hussein Grave, Legend Lives as Fury Simmers”, in New York Times:]