climben
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English climban, from Proto-Germanic *klimbaną.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
climben
- To climb or scale (travel vertically or diagonally up a surface)
- (figurative) To ascend or climb religiously.
- (figurative) To increase one's position in society.
- (figurative) To set a goal; to aim.
- (figurative, rare) To surmount; to prevail.
- To soar or move upwards; to move into the sky:
- (rare) To extend or reach upwards.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of climben (strong class 3 or weak in -ed)
infinitive | (to) climben, climbe | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | climbe | clamb, climbed | |
2nd-person singular | climbest | clumbe, clamb, climbedest | |
3rd-person singular | climbeth | clamb, climbed | |
subjunctive singular | climbe | clumbe1, climbed1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | climben, climbe | clumben, clumbe, climbeden, climbede | |
imperative plural | climbeth, climbe | — | |
participles | climbynge, climbende | clumben, clumbe, climbed, yclumben, yclumbe |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “clī̆mben, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-10.
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