Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to resign
Participle: resigned
Gerund: resigning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | resign |
| you | resign |
| he;she;it | resigns |
| we | resign |
| you | resign |
| they | resign |
Perfect
| I | have resigned |
| you | have resigned |
| he;she;it | has resigned |
| we | have resigned |
| you | have resigned |
| they | have resigned |
Past
| I | resigned |
| you | resigned |
| he;she;it | resigned |
| we | resigned |
| you | resigned |
| they | resigned |
Pluperfect
| I | had resigned |
| you | had resigned |
| he;she;it | had resigned |
| we | had resigned |
| you | had resigned |
| they | had resigned |
Future
| I | will resign |
| you | will resign |
| he;she;it | will resign |
| we | will resign |
| you | will resign |
| they | will resign |
Future Perfect
| I | will have resigned |
| you | will have resigned |
| he;she;it | will have resigned |
| we | will have resigned |
| you | will have resigned |
| they | will have resigned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | resign |
| you | resign |
| he;she;it | resign |
| we | resign |
| you | resign |
| they | resign |
Perfect
| I | have resigned |
| you | have resigned |
| he;she;it | have resigned |
| we | have resigned |
| you | have resigned |
| they | have resigned |
Imperfect
| I | resigned |
| you | resigned |
| he;she;it | resigned |
| we | resigned |
| you | resigned |
| they | resigned |
Pluperfect
| I | had resigned |
| you | had resigned |
| he;she;it | had resigned |
| we | had resigned |
| you | had resigned |
| they | had resigned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would resign |
| you | would resign |
| he;she;it | would resign |
| we | would resign |
| you | would resign |
| they | would resign |
Perfect
| I | would have resigned |
| you | would have resigned |
| he;she;it | would have resigned |
| we | would have resigned |
| you | would have resigned |
| they | would have resigned |
Imperative
| you | resign |
| we | Let's resign |
| you | resign |
Verbs conjugated like 'resign'
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 'resign'
design,
re-sign,
reign,
resin,
assign,
besigh,
cosign,
deign,
desighn,
ensign,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1374, from O.Fr. resigner, from L. resignare "to check off, cancel, give up," from re- "opposite" + signare "to make an entry in an account book," lit. "to mark" (see sign). The sense is of making an entry (signum) "opposite" -- on the credit side -- balancing the former mark and thus canceling the claim it represents. The meaning of "give up a position" is first recorded 1387. Sense of "to give (oneself) up to some emotion or situation" is from 1718.
2. From Anglo-Norman resigner, Middle French resigner, and its source, Latin resignāre (“to unseal, annul, assign, resign”), from re- + signāre (“to seal, stamp”). Piecewise doublet of re-sign.
Sample Sentences
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[...] lives a mile past. I believe he expected I should come here to tell you what I have. It would please him, if he thought it would aggravate ’ Shelby's folks, ’ as he calls ’ em. I 'm going home quite resigned, you understand, as if all was over. I 've got some preparations made,—and there are those that will help me; and, in the course of a week or so, I shall be among the missing, some day. Pray for me, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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‘But you are resigned now ! ’ said one of the gentlemen after a short pause, during which he had resumed his former manner. He answered with a sigh that seemed quite reckless in its hopelessness, ‘Oh yes, oh yes ! I am [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] now ! ’ said one of the gentlemen after a short pause, during which he had resumed his former manner. He answered with a sigh that seemed quite reckless in its hopelessness, ‘Oh yes, oh yes ! I am resigned to it. ’ ‘And are a better man, you think ? ’ ‘Well, I hope so: I 'm sure I hope I may be. ’ ‘And time goes pretty quickly ? ’ ‘Time is very long gentlemen, within these four walls ! ’
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] downcast face the sun in all its splendour shone down through the high chink in the wall, where one narrow strip of bright blue sky was visible. She was very penitent and quiet; had come to be resigned, she said (and I believe her ); and had a mind at peace. ‘In a word, you are happy here ? ’ said one of my companions. She struggled—she did struggle very hard—to answer, Yes; but raising her [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ S’pose we must be resigned; but oh Lord ! how ken I ? If I know'd anything whar you ’ s goin ’, or how they'd sarve you ! Missis says she'll try and ’ deem ye, in a year or two; but Lor ! nobody never comes up that goes down [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] great deal of cruelty, and congratulated ourselves on doing a vast deal of good, till, as often happens, my zeal overacted. Stubbs complained to my father that he couldn't manage the hands, and must resign his position. Father was a fond, indulgent husband, but a man that never flinched from anything that he thought necessary; and so he put down his foot, like a rock, between us and the field-hands. [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ There, Eva,—there, dearest ! Hush ! hush ! I was wrong; I was wicked. I will feel any way, do any way,—only don't distress yourself; don't sob so. I will be resigned; I was wicked to speak as I did. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)