Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to speer
Participle: speered
Gerund: speering
Indicative
Present
| I | speer |
| you | speer |
| he;she;it | speers |
| we | speer |
| you | speer |
| they | speer |
Perfect
| I | have speered |
| you | have speered |
| he;she;it | has speered |
| we | have speered |
| you | have speered |
| they | have speered |
Past
| I | speered |
| you | speered |
| he;she;it | speered |
| we | speered |
| you | speered |
| they | speered |
Pluperfect
| I | had speered |
| you | had speered |
| he;she;it | had speered |
| we | had speered |
| you | had speered |
| they | had speered |
Future
| I | will speer |
| you | will speer |
| he;she;it | will speer |
| we | will speer |
| you | will speer |
| they | will speer |
Future Perfect
| I | will have speered |
| you | will have speered |
| he;she;it | will have speered |
| we | will have speered |
| you | will have speered |
| they | will have speered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | speer |
| you | speer |
| he;she;it | speer |
| we | speer |
| you | speer |
| they | speer |
Perfect
| I | have speered |
| you | have speered |
| he;she;it | have speered |
| we | have speered |
| you | have speered |
| they | have speered |
Imperfect
| I | speered |
| you | speered |
| he;she;it | speered |
| we | speered |
| you | speered |
| they | speered |
Pluperfect
| I | had speered |
| you | had speered |
| he;she;it | had speered |
| we | had speered |
| you | had speered |
| they | had speered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would speer |
| you | would speer |
| he;she;it | would speer |
| we | would speer |
| you | would speer |
| they | would speer |
Perfect
| I | would have speered |
| you | would have speered |
| he;she;it | would have speered |
| we | would have speered |
| you | would have speered |
| they | would have speered |
Imperative
| you | speer |
| we | Let's speer |
| you | speer |
Verbs conjugated like 'speer'
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 'speer'
peer,
sheer,
skeer,
sneer,
spear,
speed,
speel,
speet,
steer,
beer,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English spuren, from Old English spyrian, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with German spüren, Danish spørge, Norwegian Bokmål spørre, Swedish spörja. See: Old English '
spyrian', Proto-Germanic '
*spurjaną', German, old spelling '
spüren', Danish '
spørge', Norwegian '
spørre', Swedish '
spörja'.
Verbs referencing "speer"
Norwegian
spørre, German, old spelling
spüren.
Sample Sentences
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Afore lang days, I hope to see him here, / About his milkness and his cows to speer. [1778, Alexander Ross, Helenore: Or, The Fortunate Shepherdess, page 87:]
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"A town ca'd Glasgow!" echoed Andrew Fairservice. "Glasgow's a ceety, man.—And is't the way to Glasgow ye were speering if I ken'd?[…]" [1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], Rob Roy. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:]