prey – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to prey upon sb
Participle: preyed upon sb
Gerund: preying upon sb

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

I	prey upon sb
you	prey upon sb
he;she;it	preys upon sb
we	prey upon sb
you	prey upon sb
they	prey upon sb

Perfect

I	have preyed upon sb
you	have preyed upon sb
he;she;it	has preyed upon sb
we	have preyed upon sb
you	have preyed upon sb
they	have preyed upon sb

Past

I	preyed upon sb
you	preyed upon sb
he;she;it	preyed upon sb
we	preyed upon sb
you	preyed upon sb
they	preyed upon sb

Pluperfect

I	had preyed upon sb
you	had preyed upon sb
he;she;it	had preyed upon sb
we	had preyed upon sb
you	had preyed upon sb
they	had preyed upon sb

Future

I	will prey upon sb
you	will prey upon sb
he;she;it	will prey upon sb
we	will prey upon sb
you	will prey upon sb
they	will prey upon sb

Future Perfect

I	will have preyed upon sb
you	will have preyed upon sb
he;she;it	will have preyed upon sb
we	will have preyed upon sb
you	will have preyed upon sb
they	will have preyed upon sb

Subjunctive

Present

I	prey upon sb
you	prey upon sb
he;she;it	prey upon sb
we	prey upon sb
you	prey upon sb
they	prey upon sb

Perfect

I	have preyed upon sb
you	have preyed upon sb
he;she;it	have preyed upon sb
we	have preyed upon sb
you	have preyed upon sb
they	have preyed upon sb

Imperfect

I	preyed upon sb
you	preyed upon sb
he;she;it	preyed upon sb
we	preyed upon sb
you	preyed upon sb
they	preyed upon sb

Pluperfect

I	had preyed upon sb
you	had preyed upon sb
he;she;it	had preyed upon sb
we	had preyed upon sb
you	had preyed upon sb
they	had preyed upon sb

Conditional

Present

I	would prey upon sb
you	would prey upon sb
he;she;it	would prey upon sb
we	would prey upon sb
you	would prey upon sb
they	would prey upon sb

Perfect

I	would have preyed upon sb
you	would have preyed upon sb
he;she;it	would have preyed upon sb
we	would have preyed upon sb
you	would have preyed upon sb
they	would have preyed upon sb

Imperative

you	prey upon sb
we	Let's prey upon sb
you	prey upon sb

Indicative

Present

I	am preying upon sb
you	are preying upon sb
he;she;it	is preying upon sb
we	are preying upon sb
you	are preying upon sb
they	are preying upon sb

Perfect

I	have been preying upon sb
you	have been preying upon sb
he;she;it	has been preying upon sb
we	have been preying upon sb
you	have been preying upon sb
they	have been preying upon sb

Past

I	was preying upon sb
you	were preying upon sb
he;she;it	was preying upon sb
we	were preying upon sb
you	were preying upon sb
they	were preying upon sb

Pluperfect

I	had been preying upon sb
you	had been preying upon sb
he;she;it	had been preying upon sb
we	had been preying upon sb
you	had been preying upon sb
they	had been preying upon sb

Future

I	will be preying upon sb
you	will be preying upon sb
he;she;it	will be preying upon sb
we	will be preying upon sb
you	will be preying upon sb
they	will be preying upon sb

Future Perfect

I	will have been preying upon sb
you	will have been preying upon sb
he;she;it	will have been preying upon sb
we	will have been preying upon sb
you	will have been preying upon sb
they	will have been preying upon sb

Conditional

Present

I	would be preying upon sb
you	would be preying upon sb
he;she;it	would be preying upon sb
we	would be preying upon sb
you	would be preying upon sb
they	would be preying upon sb

Perfect

I	would have been preying upon sb
you	would have been preying upon sb
he;she;it	would have been preying upon sb
we	would have been preying upon sb
you	would have been preying upon sb
they	would have been preying upon sb

Verbs conjugated like 'prey'

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 'prey'

grey, pley, pray, prep, pry, wrey, arefy, aret, bray, brew,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

~ on something, ~ upon something, ~ on somebody, ~ upon somebody,

Etymology

1. 1240, "animal hunted for food," from O.Fr. preie "booty, animal taken in the chase" (1140), from L. præda "booty, plunder, game hunted," earlier præheda, related to prehendere "to grasp, seize" (see prehensile). The verb meaning "to plunder, pillage, ravage" is attested from 1297, from O.Fr. preer, earlier preder (c.1040), from L.L. prædare. Its sense of "to kill and devour" is attested from c.1340.
2. From Middle English praien, prayen, preyen, partly from the noun and partly from Old French praer, preer, earlier preder, from Late Latin praedō, collateral form of Latin praedor, from praeda (“plunder, booty, loot”) + -ō (verbal suffix). Doublet of prede. See: Latin 'praedor'.

Sample Sentences

“ It's just what I 've been foreboding ! ” said Marie; “ it's just what has been preying on my health, from day to day, bringing me downward to the grave, though nobody regards it. I have seen this, long. St. Clare, you will see, after a while, that I was right. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] such things; it's all talk. If people have feeling, they will show it,—they can't help it; but, then, it's a great misfortune to have feeling. I'd rather have been made like St. Clare. My feelings prey upon me so ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)

prey – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of prey

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'prey'

Verbs similar to 'prey'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Sample Sentences