salve – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of salve

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to salve
Participle: salved
Gerund: salving

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Isalve
yousalve
he;she;itsalves
wesalve
yousalve
theysalve

Perfect

Ihave salved
youhave salved
he;she;ithas salved
wehave salved
youhave salved
theyhave salved

Past

Isalved
yousalved
he;she;itsalved
wesalved
yousalved
theysalved

Pluperfect

Ihad salved
youhad salved
he;she;ithad salved
wehad salved
youhad salved
theyhad salved

Future

Iwill salve
youwill salve
he;she;itwill salve
wewill salve
youwill salve
theywill salve

Future Perfect

Iwill have salved
youwill have salved
he;she;itwill have salved
wewill have salved
youwill have salved
theywill have salved

Subjunctive

Present

Isalve
yousalve
he;she;itsalve
wesalve
yousalve
theysalve

Perfect

Ihave salved
youhave salved
he;she;ithave salved
wehave salved
youhave salved
theyhave salved

Imperfect

Isalved
yousalved
he;she;itsalved
wesalved
yousalved
theysalved

Pluperfect

Ihad salved
youhad salved
he;she;ithad salved
wehad salved
youhad salved
theyhad salved

Conditional

Present

Iwould salve
youwould salve
he;she;itwould salve
wewould salve
youwould salve
theywould salve

Perfect

Iwould have salved
youwould have salved
he;she;itwould have salved
wewould have salved
youwould have salved
theywould have salved

Imperative

yousalve
weLet's salve
yousalve

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam salving
youare salving
he;she;itis salving
weare salving
youare salving
theyare salving

Perfect

Ihave been salving
youhave been salving
he;she;ithas been salving
wehave been salving
youhave been salving
theyhave been salving

Past

Iwas salving
youwere salving
he;she;itwas salving
wewere salving
youwere salving
theywere salving

Pluperfect

Ihad been salving
youhad been salving
he;she;ithad been salving
wehad been salving
youhad been salving
theyhad been salving

Future

Iwill be salving
youwill be salving
he;she;itwill be salving
wewill be salving
youwill be salving
theywill be salving

Future Perfect

Iwill have been salving
youwill have been salving
he;she;itwill have been salving
wewill have been salving
youwill have been salving
theywill have been salving

Conditional

Present

Iwould be salving
youwould be salving
he;she;itwould be salving
wewould be salving
youwould be salving
theywould be salving

Perfect

Iwould have been salving
youwould have been salving
he;she;itwould have been salving
wewould have been salving
youwould have been salving
theywould have been salving

Other

Verbs similar to 'salve'

calve, halve, sale, salvo, sarve, save, solve, valve, bale, calver,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *selp-der.
3. Proto-Indo-European *solp-éh₂
4. Proto-Germanic *salbō
5. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
6. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
7. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
8. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
9. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
10. Proto-Germanic *-ōną
11. Proto-Germanic *salbōną
12. Proto-West Germanic *salbōn
13. Old English sealfian
14. Middle English salven
15. English salve
16. From Old English sealfian, from Proto-West Germanic *salbōn, from Proto-Germanic *salbōną, from *salbō (whence salve (noun)). See: Proto-Germanic '*salbōną'.

Sample Sentences

  • She feels guilty for pampering him, and salves her conscience by bossily ordering him to go and fetch the clothes from the line[.] [1985, Joan Morrison, Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 26:]
  • I do beseech your majesty […] salve the long-grown wounds of my intemperance." [c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):]
  • But Ebranck salved both their infamies / With noble deedes. [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 21:]
  • What may we do, then, to salve this seeming inconsistence? [1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:]
  • The interior woodwork was largely salved from the two cars, as well as the majority of the fittings and seats. [1942 March, “Notes and News: Repairing Blitzed Underground Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 90:]