Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to waft
Participle: wafted
Gerund: wafting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | waft |
| you | waft |
| he;she;it | wafts |
| we | waft |
| you | waft |
| they | waft |
Perfect
| I | have wafted |
| you | have wafted |
| he;she;it | has wafted |
| we | have wafted |
| you | have wafted |
| they | have wafted |
Past
| I | wafted |
| you | wafted |
| he;she;it | wafted |
| we | wafted |
| you | wafted |
| they | wafted |
Pluperfect
| I | had wafted |
| you | had wafted |
| he;she;it | had wafted |
| we | had wafted |
| you | had wafted |
| they | had wafted |
Future
| I | will waft |
| you | will waft |
| he;she;it | will waft |
| we | will waft |
| you | will waft |
| they | will waft |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wafted |
| you | will have wafted |
| he;she;it | will have wafted |
| we | will have wafted |
| you | will have wafted |
| they | will have wafted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | waft |
| you | waft |
| he;she;it | waft |
| we | waft |
| you | waft |
| they | waft |
Perfect
| I | have wafted |
| you | have wafted |
| he;she;it | have wafted |
| we | have wafted |
| you | have wafted |
| they | have wafted |
Imperfect
| I | wafted |
| you | wafted |
| he;she;it | wafted |
| we | wafted |
| you | wafted |
| they | wafted |
Pluperfect
| I | had wafted |
| you | had wafted |
| he;she;it | had wafted |
| we | had wafted |
| you | had wafted |
| they | had wafted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would waft |
| you | would waft |
| he;she;it | would waft |
| we | would waft |
| you | would waft |
| they | would waft |
Perfect
| I | would have wafted |
| you | would have wafted |
| he;she;it | would have wafted |
| we | would have wafted |
| you | would have wafted |
| they | would have wafted |
Imperative
| you | waft |
| we | Let's waft |
| you | waft |
Verbs conjugated like 'waft'
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 'waft'
haft,
maft,
raft,
taft,
waff,
wait,
walt,
want,
act,
ant,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1513, "to carry over water," back-formation from obs. wafter "convoy ship" (1482), from M.Du. or M.L.G. wachter "a guard," from wachten "to guard," related to waken "rouse from sleep" (see wake (1)). The meaning "pass through air or space, float" is first attested 1704, and possibly shows some influence of northern dialect waff "cause to move to and fro" (1513), a variant of wave.
2. From Middle English waften, of uncertain origin. Possibly from unattested Old English *wafettan, from wafian (“to wave”) + -ettan, or perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch wachten (“to guard, provide for”).
3. See also German wabern (“to waft”), Faroese veiftra (“to wave”) and Icelandic váfa (“to fluctuate, waver, doubt”).
Sample Sentences
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[...] words seemed to melt and fade, as in a divine music; the child raised her deep eyes, and fixed them lovingly on him, and rays of warmth and comfort seemed to go from them to his heart; and, as if wafted on the music, she seemed to rise on shining wings, from which flakes and spangles of gold fell off like stars, and she was gone.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)