Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to welfare
Participle: welfared
Gerund: welfaring
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | welfare |
| you | welfare |
| he;she;it | welfares |
| we | welfare |
| you | welfare |
| they | welfare |
Perfect
| I | have welfared |
| you | have welfared |
| he;she;it | has welfared |
| we | have welfared |
| you | have welfared |
| they | have welfared |
Past
| I | welfared |
| you | welfared |
| he;she;it | welfared |
| we | welfared |
| you | welfared |
| they | welfared |
Pluperfect
| I | had welfared |
| you | had welfared |
| he;she;it | had welfared |
| we | had welfared |
| you | had welfared |
| they | had welfared |
Future
| I | will welfare |
| you | will welfare |
| he;she;it | will welfare |
| we | will welfare |
| you | will welfare |
| they | will welfare |
Future Perfect
| I | will have welfared |
| you | will have welfared |
| he;she;it | will have welfared |
| we | will have welfared |
| you | will have welfared |
| they | will have welfared |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | welfare |
| you | welfare |
| he;she;it | welfare |
| we | welfare |
| you | welfare |
| they | welfare |
Perfect
| I | have welfared |
| you | have welfared |
| he;she;it | have welfared |
| we | have welfared |
| you | have welfared |
| they | have welfared |
Imperfect
| I | welfared |
| you | welfared |
| he;she;it | welfared |
| we | welfared |
| you | welfared |
| they | welfared |
Pluperfect
| I | had welfared |
| you | had welfared |
| he;she;it | had welfared |
| we | had welfared |
| you | had welfared |
| they | had welfared |
Conditional
Present
| I | would welfare |
| you | would welfare |
| he;she;it | would welfare |
| we | would welfare |
| you | would welfare |
| they | would welfare |
Perfect
| I | would have welfared |
| you | would have welfared |
| he;she;it | would have welfared |
| we | would have welfared |
| you | would have welfared |
| they | would have welfared |
Imperative
| you | welfare |
| we | Let's welfare |
| you | welfare |
Verbs conjugated like 'welfare'
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 'welfare'
warfare,
wayfare,
becare,
beglare,
belace,
belate,
belave,
beleave,
bescare,
beshare,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English welefare, probably from the Old English phrase wel faran (“to fare well, get along successfully, prosper”) (cognate with Middle Dutch welvare (“welfare”), Middle Low German wolvare (“welfare”), Middle High German wolvar, wolfar (“welfare”)). Equivalent to well + fare. Compare also West Frisian wolfeart, Dutch welvaart, German Wohlfahrt, Old Norse velferð (whence Swedish välfärd (“welfare”)). The first recorded use in the sense of "social concern for the well-being of children, the unemployed, etc." is from 1904 and in the sense of "organized effort to provide for maintenance of members of a group" from 1918.