Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sap
Participle: sapped
Gerund: sapping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sap |
| you | sap |
| he;she;it | saps |
| we | sap |
| you | sap |
| they | sap |
Perfect
| I | have sapped |
| you | have sapped |
| he;she;it | has sapped |
| we | have sapped |
| you | have sapped |
| they | have sapped |
Past
| I | sapped |
| you | sapped |
| he;she;it | sapped |
| we | sapped |
| you | sapped |
| they | sapped |
Pluperfect
| I | had sapped |
| you | had sapped |
| he;she;it | had sapped |
| we | had sapped |
| you | had sapped |
| they | had sapped |
Future
| I | will sap |
| you | will sap |
| he;she;it | will sap |
| we | will sap |
| you | will sap |
| they | will sap |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sapped |
| you | will have sapped |
| he;she;it | will have sapped |
| we | will have sapped |
| you | will have sapped |
| they | will have sapped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sap |
| you | sap |
| he;she;it | sap |
| we | sap |
| you | sap |
| they | sap |
Perfect
| I | have sapped |
| you | have sapped |
| he;she;it | have sapped |
| we | have sapped |
| you | have sapped |
| they | have sapped |
Imperfect
| I | sapped |
| you | sapped |
| he;she;it | sapped |
| we | sapped |
| you | sapped |
| they | sapped |
Pluperfect
| I | had sapped |
| you | had sapped |
| he;she;it | had sapped |
| we | had sapped |
| you | had sapped |
| they | had sapped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sap |
| you | would sap |
| he;she;it | would sap |
| we | would sap |
| you | would sap |
| they | would sap |
Perfect
| I | would have sapped |
| you | would have sapped |
| he;she;it | would have sapped |
| we | would have sapped |
| you | would have sapped |
| they | would have sapped |
Imperative
| you | sap |
| we | Let's sap |
| you | sap |
Verbs conjugated like 'sap'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sap'
bap,
cap,
dap,
fap,
gap,
hap,
jap,
Jap,
lap,
map,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *sap-der.
3. Proto-West Germanic *sap
4. Old English sæp
5. Middle English sap
6. English sap
7. From Middle English sap, from Old English sæp (“juice, sap”), from Proto-West Germanic *sap (“sap, juice”) (compare Dutch sap, German Saft, Icelandic safi), from Proto-Indo-European *sab-, *sap- (“to taste”) (compare Welsh syb-wydd (“fir”), Latin sapa (“must, new wine”), Russian со́пли (sópli, “snivel”), Old Armenian համ (ham, “taste”), Avestan 𐬬𐬌-𐬱𐬁𐬞𐬀 (vi-šāpa, “having poisonous juices”), Sanskrit सबर् (sabar, “juice, nectar”)). More at sage.
8. sap (“naive person”) is a clipping of sapskull (literally “person with sap in their skull”).
Sample Sentences
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These qualities are natural, I implicitly believe, to the whole people. That they are, however, sadly sapped and blighted in their growth among the mass; and that there are influences at work which endanger them still more, and give but little present promise of their healthy restoration; is a truth that [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)