Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to thwite
Participle: thwited
Gerund: thwiting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | thwite |
| you | thwite |
| he;she;it | thwites |
| we | thwite |
| you | thwite |
| they | thwite |
Perfect
| I | have thwited |
| you | have thwited |
| he;she;it | has thwited |
| we | have thwited |
| you | have thwited |
| they | have thwited |
Past
| I | thwited |
| you | thwited |
| he;she;it | thwited |
| we | thwited |
| you | thwited |
| they | thwited |
Pluperfect
| I | had thwited |
| you | had thwited |
| he;she;it | had thwited |
| we | had thwited |
| you | had thwited |
| they | had thwited |
Future
| I | will thwite |
| you | will thwite |
| he;she;it | will thwite |
| we | will thwite |
| you | will thwite |
| they | will thwite |
Future Perfect
| I | will have thwited |
| you | will have thwited |
| he;she;it | will have thwited |
| we | will have thwited |
| you | will have thwited |
| they | will have thwited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | thwite |
| you | thwite |
| he;she;it | thwite |
| we | thwite |
| you | thwite |
| they | thwite |
Perfect
| I | have thwited |
| you | have thwited |
| he;she;it | have thwited |
| we | have thwited |
| you | have thwited |
| they | have thwited |
Imperfect
| I | thwited |
| you | thwited |
| he;she;it | thwited |
| we | thwited |
| you | thwited |
| they | thwited |
Pluperfect
| I | had thwited |
| you | had thwited |
| he;she;it | had thwited |
| we | had thwited |
| you | had thwited |
| they | had thwited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would thwite |
| you | would thwite |
| he;she;it | would thwite |
| we | would thwite |
| you | would thwite |
| they | would thwite |
Perfect
| I | would have thwited |
| you | would have thwited |
| he;she;it | would have thwited |
| we | would have thwited |
| you | would have thwited |
| they | would have thwited |
Imperative
| you | thwite |
| we | Let's thwite |
| you | thwite |
Verbs conjugated like 'thwite'
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 'thwite'
atwite,
thrive,
thwip,
thwittle,
twine,
twire,
twit,
white,
wite,
accite,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English thwiten, from Old English þwītan (“to cut, cut off”), from Proto-Germanic *þwītaną (“to split”). See whittle, thwittle, and compare thwaite (“a piece of land”), doit (“small coin, small amount, bit”).
Sample Sentences
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Other shot forth theyr Boltes, and wyth theyr Prouerbes proceedyng from their malicious Mouthes thwited the pore Women at their pleasure. [1580, William Painter, “Two Gentlewomen of Venice”, in Joseph Jacobs, editor, The Palace of Pleasure, volume 3, Tome II, London: David Nutt in the Strand, published 1890, page 145 of 56–57:]
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I knowe one of your crew who would not sweare for no good, and vsed ordinarilie to pray with his mé in his chamber, and yet beeing at a Knights house, where hee had good entertaynemét, they prayed so hartilie amongst them, that for conscience sake they faire thwited me of a valence of a bedde, and caried that & a piece of plate with them to the value of twentie nobles at the least. [1601, Certaine Questions by way of Conference betwixt a Chauncelor and a Kinswoman of his concerning Churching of Women, page 32:]
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Now then: this great storme, we see is past, and ouerblowne: and this terrible accusation, is much like to a Sampsons post, thwited to a pudding pricke, as the Prouerbe is. Well now: what more? We must not yet so go away. […] [1602, Roger Marbecke, A Defence of tabacco: with a friendly answer to the late printed booke called Worke for chimny-sweepers, &c., London: Richard Field for Thomas Man, page 1602:]
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The Iewes say, it was his Nic-name, or name of disgrace; that in scorne they called him so. For that, all his credit (forsooth) came, by casting a stone, and hitting Goliah, by chance, right in the fore-head: and so, they thwited him with that name. They gave it him, in scorne: but he bare it, in earnest. [1611 March 24, Lancelot Andrewes, “A Sermon Preached Before the Kings Maiestie at White-Hall on the XXIV. of March, A.D. MDCXI. being Easter Day, and being also the day of the Beginning of His Majestie's most Gracious Reigne”, in XCVI. Sermons, 2nd edition, Richard Badger, published 1732, page 442:]