Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to grandfather
Participle: grandfathered
Gerund: grandfathering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | grandfather |
| you | grandfather |
| he;she;it | grandfathers |
| we | grandfather |
| you | grandfather |
| they | grandfather |
Perfect
| I | have grandfathered |
| you | have grandfathered |
| he;she;it | has grandfathered |
| we | have grandfathered |
| you | have grandfathered |
| they | have grandfathered |
Past
| I | grandfathered |
| you | grandfathered |
| he;she;it | grandfathered |
| we | grandfathered |
| you | grandfathered |
| they | grandfathered |
Pluperfect
| I | had grandfathered |
| you | had grandfathered |
| he;she;it | had grandfathered |
| we | had grandfathered |
| you | had grandfathered |
| they | had grandfathered |
Future
| I | will grandfather |
| you | will grandfather |
| he;she;it | will grandfather |
| we | will grandfather |
| you | will grandfather |
| they | will grandfather |
Future Perfect
| I | will have grandfathered |
| you | will have grandfathered |
| he;she;it | will have grandfathered |
| we | will have grandfathered |
| you | will have grandfathered |
| they | will have grandfathered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | grandfather |
| you | grandfather |
| he;she;it | grandfather |
| we | grandfather |
| you | grandfather |
| they | grandfather |
Perfect
| I | have grandfathered |
| you | have grandfathered |
| he;she;it | have grandfathered |
| we | have grandfathered |
| you | have grandfathered |
| they | have grandfathered |
Imperfect
| I | grandfathered |
| you | grandfathered |
| he;she;it | grandfathered |
| we | grandfathered |
| you | grandfathered |
| they | grandfathered |
Pluperfect
| I | had grandfathered |
| you | had grandfathered |
| he;she;it | had grandfathered |
| we | had grandfathered |
| you | had grandfathered |
| they | had grandfathered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would grandfather |
| you | would grandfather |
| he;she;it | would grandfather |
| we | would grandfather |
| you | would grandfather |
| they | would grandfather |
Perfect
| I | would have grandfathered |
| you | would have grandfathered |
| he;she;it | would have grandfathered |
| we | would have grandfathered |
| you | would have grandfathered |
| they | would have grandfathered |
Imperative
| you | grandfather |
| we | Let's grandfather |
| you | grandfather |
Verbs conjugated like 'grandfather'
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 'grandfather'
godfather,
gradate,
graduate,
granulate,
sandbathe,
unfather,
brander,
brandwash,
eradiate,
father,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
The noun is derived from Middle English grandfadre, graundfadir, graunfadir, grauntfader, and other forms, from graunt (“big, large; great, important”) + fā̆der (“male parent, father; remoter male ancestor”), probably modelled after Middle French grandpere, grant pere (“male parent; remoter male ancestor”) (whence French grand-père); the English word is analysable as grand- + father. Superseded earlier eldfather, elderfather. The verb is derived from the noun. See: French '
grand-père'.
Sample Sentences
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Had the original work been permitted, it would be grandfathered into any code changes each time they occurred, Arvada officials said. The latest came in 2006. [2009 June 19, David Migoya, “Arvada homes haunted by past due code violations”, in The Denver Post, Denver, Colo.: Digital First Media, published 6 May 2016 (update), →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2017:]
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Old power plants are sometimes grandfathered from having to meet new clean air requirements. [2013 October 22, Alan Greenblatt, “The Racial History of the Grandfather Clause”, in NPR, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2019:]
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In 1915, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Guinn v. United States that grandfather clauses were unconstitutional. […] The decision had almost no effect, however. The Oklahoma Legislature met in special session to grandfather in the grandfather clause. The new law said those who had been registered in 1914 – whites under the old system – were automatically registered to vote, while African-Americans could only register between April 30 and May 11, 1916, or forever be disenfranchised. That law stayed on the books until a Supreme Court ruling in 1939. [2013 October 22, Alan Greenblatt, “The Racial History of the Grandfather Clause”, in NPR, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2019:]
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With the signing of the Medical Devices Amendment to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic in 1976, the FDA [Food and Drug Administration] gained regulatory authority over [breast] implants, but the existing Cronin-Gerow implants were grandfathered, making them exempt from the new legislation. [2014, Matthew J. Fullana, Gary E. Wnek, “History of Techniques and Materials Used in Volume Enhancement”, in Charles K. Herman, Berish Strauch, editors, Encyclopedia of Aesthetic Rejuvenation through Volume Enhancement, New York, N.Y.: Thieme Medical Publishers, →ISBN, section 2.5.1 (Silicone Breast Implants), page 12:]
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The U.S. Army says a Kentucky National Guard soldier with aspirations of joining a U.S. Army special operations unit is grandfathered in under new regulations concerning soldiers with tattoos and asked a federal judge to dismiss his lawsuit. […] The regulations went into effect in March and ban tattoos below the knee or elbow. Soldiers who already have the ink are grandfathered in. Under the new regulations, any soldier with tattoos is barred from seeking a promotion to warrant officer or commissioning as an officer. [2014 July 14, Associated Press, “Army: Soldier grandfathered in under tattoo policy”, in The Washington Times, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Times, LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2014:]
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In practice, most of the regimes reviewed by the FHTP [Forum on Harmful Tax Practices] during its early years and which were abolished were either terminated without grandfathering or included grandfathering within this maximum five-year period. [2017 November, “Annex B: Guidance on Closing Off of Regimes and Grandfathering for non-IP Regimes”, in Harmful Tax Practices – 2017 Progress Report on Preferential Regimes: Inclusive Framework on BEPS: Action 5 (OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifing Project), Paris: OECD Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 27:]