Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spruce
Participle: spruced
Gerund: sprucing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | spruce |
| you | spruce |
| he;she;it | spruces |
| we | spruce |
| you | spruce |
| they | spruce |
Perfect
| I | have spruced |
| you | have spruced |
| he;she;it | has spruced |
| we | have spruced |
| you | have spruced |
| they | have spruced |
Past
| I | spruced |
| you | spruced |
| he;she;it | spruced |
| we | spruced |
| you | spruced |
| they | spruced |
Pluperfect
| I | had spruced |
| you | had spruced |
| he;she;it | had spruced |
| we | had spruced |
| you | had spruced |
| they | had spruced |
Future
| I | will spruce |
| you | will spruce |
| he;she;it | will spruce |
| we | will spruce |
| you | will spruce |
| they | will spruce |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spruced |
| you | will have spruced |
| he;she;it | will have spruced |
| we | will have spruced |
| you | will have spruced |
| they | will have spruced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spruce |
| you | spruce |
| he;she;it | spruce |
| we | spruce |
| you | spruce |
| they | spruce |
Perfect
| I | have spruced |
| you | have spruced |
| he;she;it | have spruced |
| we | have spruced |
| you | have spruced |
| they | have spruced |
Imperfect
| I | spruced |
| you | spruced |
| he;she;it | spruced |
| we | spruced |
| you | spruced |
| they | spruced |
Pluperfect
| I | had spruced |
| you | had spruced |
| he;she;it | had spruced |
| we | had spruced |
| you | had spruced |
| they | had spruced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spruce |
| you | would spruce |
| he;she;it | would spruce |
| we | would spruce |
| you | would spruce |
| they | would spruce |
Perfect
| I | would have spruced |
| you | would have spruced |
| he;she;it | would have spruced |
| we | would have spruced |
| you | would have spruced |
| they | would have spruced |
Imperative
| you | spruce |
| we | Let's spruce |
| you | spruce |
Verbs conjugated like 'spruce'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'spruce'
sprucen,
price,
prune,
sauce,
scruze,
seduce,
souce,
space,
spice,
splice,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English Spruce, an alteration of Pruce (“Prussia”), from Medieval Latin, from a Baltic language, probably Old Prussian; for more, see Prussia. Spruce, spruse (1412), and Sprws (1378) were terms for commodities brought to England by Hanseatic merchants (beer, wood, leather). The tree with this name was also believed to have been native to Prussia. The adjective and verb senses ("trim, neat" and "to make trim, neat") are attested from 1594, and originate with spruce leather (1466), which was used to make a popular style of jerkins in the 1400s that was considered smart-looking.
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