Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to wain
Participle: wained
Gerund: waining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | wain |
| you | wain |
| he;she;it | wains |
| we | wain |
| you | wain |
| they | wain |
Perfect
| I | have wained |
| you | have wained |
| he;she;it | has wained |
| we | have wained |
| you | have wained |
| they | have wained |
Past
| I | wained |
| you | wained |
| he;she;it | wained |
| we | wained |
| you | wained |
| they | wained |
Pluperfect
| I | had wained |
| you | had wained |
| he;she;it | had wained |
| we | had wained |
| you | had wained |
| they | had wained |
Future
| I | will wain |
| you | will wain |
| he;she;it | will wain |
| we | will wain |
| you | will wain |
| they | will wain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wained |
| you | will have wained |
| he;she;it | will have wained |
| we | will have wained |
| you | will have wained |
| they | will have wained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | wain |
| you | wain |
| he;she;it | wain |
| we | wain |
| you | wain |
| they | wain |
Perfect
| I | have wained |
| you | have wained |
| he;she;it | have wained |
| we | have wained |
| you | have wained |
| they | have wained |
Imperfect
| I | wained |
| you | wained |
| he;she;it | wained |
| we | wained |
| you | wained |
| they | wained |
Pluperfect
| I | had wained |
| you | had wained |
| he;she;it | had wained |
| we | had wained |
| you | had wained |
| they | had wained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would wain |
| you | would wain |
| he;she;it | would wain |
| we | would wain |
| you | would wain |
| they | would wain |
Perfect
| I | would have wained |
| you | would have wained |
| he;she;it | would have wained |
| we | would have wained |
| you | would have wained |
| they | would have wained |
Imperative
| you | wain |
| we | Let's wain |
| you | wain |
Verbs conjugated like 'wain'
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 'wain'
fain,
gain,
hain,
lain,
main,
pain,
rain,
sain,
twain,
wail,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English wayn, from Old English wæġn, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Doublet of wagon, borrowed from Middle Dutch.
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with West Frisian wein, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Danish vogn, Norwegian vogn, Swedish vagn. See: Dutch '
wagen', German, old spelling '
Wagen'.
Sample Sentences
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As the auto industry is waining away, the city is looking for something new. http://www.modeldmedia.com/inthenews/urbanfarm15108.aspx [2008, "From Mowtown to ‘Growtown’? Detroit’s urban farming catches the eye of the BBC", modelD]