climben
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English climban, from Proto-Germanic *klimbaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
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
| infinitive | (to) climben, climbe | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Conjugation of climben (strong class 3 or weak in -ed)
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “clī̆mben, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-10.
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