Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to whiten
Participle: whitened
Gerund: whitening
Indicative
Present
| I | whiten |
| you | whiten |
| he;she;it | whitens |
| we | whiten |
| you | whiten |
| they | whiten |
Perfect
| I | have whitened |
| you | have whitened |
| he;she;it | has whitened |
| we | have whitened |
| you | have whitened |
| they | have whitened |
Past
| I | whitened |
| you | whitened |
| he;she;it | whitened |
| we | whitened |
| you | whitened |
| they | whitened |
Pluperfect
| I | had whitened |
| you | had whitened |
| he;she;it | had whitened |
| we | had whitened |
| you | had whitened |
| they | had whitened |
Future
| I | will whiten |
| you | will whiten |
| he;she;it | will whiten |
| we | will whiten |
| you | will whiten |
| they | will whiten |
Future Perfect
| I | will have whitened |
| you | will have whitened |
| he;she;it | will have whitened |
| we | will have whitened |
| you | will have whitened |
| they | will have whitened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | whiten |
| you | whiten |
| he;she;it | whiten |
| we | whiten |
| you | whiten |
| they | whiten |
Perfect
| I | have whitened |
| you | have whitened |
| he;she;it | have whitened |
| we | have whitened |
| you | have whitened |
| they | have whitened |
Imperfect
| I | whitened |
| you | whitened |
| he;she;it | whitened |
| we | whitened |
| you | whitened |
| they | whitened |
Pluperfect
| I | had whitened |
| you | had whitened |
| he;she;it | had whitened |
| we | had whitened |
| you | had whitened |
| they | had whitened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would whiten |
| you | would whiten |
| he;she;it | would whiten |
| we | would whiten |
| you | would whiten |
| they | would whiten |
Perfect
| I | would have whitened |
| you | would have whitened |
| he;she;it | would have whitened |
| we | would have whitened |
| you | would have whitened |
| they | would have whitened |
Imperative
| you | whiten |
| we | Let's whiten |
| you | whiten |
Verbs conjugated like 'whiten'
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 'whiten'
white,
waite,
wasten,
wetten,
whetten,
while,
whine,
whither,
widen,
wisen,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English whitenen, whitnen, from Old Norse hvítna (“to whiten”), from Proto-Germanic *hwītnōną (“to whiten, become white”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwind-, *kwint- (“bright”), equivalent to white + -en. Cognate with Icelandic hvítna (“to whiten”), Swedish vitna, hvitna (“to whiten”), Danish hvidne (“to whiten”). Compare Old English hwītian (“to whiten, become white, be white, make white”). See: Icelandic '
hvítna', Swedish '
vitna', Danish '
hvidne'.
Sample Sentences
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Age had whitened his hair.
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The trees in spring whiten with blossoms.
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Whenever black people are furious with me, I walk over to them and whiten their face, and scream and scream and scream 'daddy’s the boss.' [2024 February 12, very tall bart, 1:34 from the start, in [YTP] Dennis Prager is crazy (YouTube poop; video), spoken by Penis Prager (Dennis Prager):]