prey – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

you	prey upon sth
we	Let's prey upon sth
you	prey upon sth

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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