CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ATTRIST
PRESENT
Present
I attrist
you attrist
he/she/it attrists
we attrist
you attrist
they attrist
Present continuous
I am attristing
you are attristing
he/she/it is attristing
we are attristing
you are attristing
they are attristing
Present perfect
I have attristed
you have attristed
he/she/it has attristed
we have attristed
you have attristed
they have attristed
Present perfect continuous
I have been attristing
you have been attristing
he/she/it has been attristing
we have been attristing
you have been attristing
they have been attristing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I attristed
you attristed
he/she/it attristed
we attristed
you attristed
they attristed
Past continuous
I was attristing
you were attristing
he/she/it was attristing
we were attristing
you were attristing
they were attristing
Past perfect
I had attristed
you had attristed
he/she/it had attristed
we had attristed
you had attristed
they had attristed
Past perfect continuous
I had been attristing
you had been attristing
he/she/it had been attristing
we had been attristing
you had been attristing
they had been attristing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will attrist
you will attrist
he/she/it will attrist
we will attrist
you will attrist
they will attrist
Future continuous
I will be attristing
you will be attristing
he/she/it will be attristing
we will be attristing
you will be attristing
they will be attristing
Future perfect
I will have attristed
you will have attristed
he/she/it will have attristed
we will have attristed
you will have attristed
they will have attristed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been attristing
you will have been attristing
he/she/it will have been attristing
we will have been attristing
you will have been attristing
they will have been attristing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would attrist
you would attrist
he/she/it would attrist
we would attrist
you would attrist
they would attrist
Conditional continuous
I would be attristing
you would be attristing
he/she/it would be attristing
we would be attristing
you would be attristing
they would be attristing
Conditional perfect
I would have attrist
you would have attrist
he/she/it would have attrist
we would have attrist
you would have attrist
they would have attrist
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been attristing
you would have been attristing
he/she/it would have been attristing
we would have been attristing
you would have been attristing
they would have been attristing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you attrist
we let´s attrist
you attrist
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
attristed
Present Participle
attristing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ATTRIST»
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attrist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Cambridge Companion to Ovid
AtTrist. 5.1.17–19 Ovid reverses his usualclaim to beoneof the canonical
quadriga ofelegists (19 utinamnumero non nosessemus in isto'how I would
wishnot tobein thatcompany'). The list ofOvid's 'serious' works atTrist. 2.547–56 (
Fasti,Medea, ...
2
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
... Attribū′tion, act of attributing: that which is attributed: commendation.—adj.
Attrib′utive, expressing an attribute.—n. a worddenoting anattribute. [L.
attribuĕre, tributum—ad, to, tribuĕre, to give.] Attrist, attrist′, v.t. (obs.) to sadden.
[Fr.—L. ad ...
3
Private Correspondence: Now First Collected : in Four ...
You have been apt to tell me that my letters diverted you — How then could I
write, when it was impossible but to attrist you ! when I could speak of nothing but
unparalleled horrors ! and but awaken your sensibility, if it slumbered for a
moment !
4
The letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: including ...
My poor niece and her sisters take up most of my time and thoughts : but I will not
attrist you to indulge myself, but will break off here, and finish my letter when I
have seen your new landlord. Good night ! Friday. Well ! I have seen him, and ...
Horace Walpole, John Wright, George Agar-Ellis Dover (1st baron), 1840
My poor niece and her sisters take up most of my time and thoughts: but I will not
attrist you to indulge myself, but will break off here, and finish my letter when I
have seen your new landlord. Good night! Friday. Well! I have seen him, and ...
6
Correspondence with George Montagu (etc.) New Ed. with ...
You have been apt to tell me that my letters diverted you-How then could I write,
when it was impossiblebut to attrist you! when I could speak of nothing.
butuunparalleled horrors! and but awaken your sensibility, if it slnpibgt'ed for a.
moment!
Earl of Orford Walpole (Horace), 1837
7
Extracts of the journals and correspondence of Miss Berry ...
Your tender nature is not made for such spectacles ; and why attrist it, without
doing any service ? One needs not recur to the index of the book of creation to
hunt for miserable sufferers. What would I give not to have heard the calamities
fallen ...
Mary Berry, Theresa Lewis, 1865
8
The New England Journal of Medicine
Col. Davenport and three surgeons are said to be dangerously ill, from the same
cause.-—The soldiers suffer greatly in Florida from the climate, and many die.-—
In the course of a few months Dr. Curtis, the attrist, will be here. He will find that ...
You have been apt to tell me that my letters'diverted you-How then could I write,
when it was impossible but to attrist you! when I could speak of nothing but
unparalleled horrors ! and but awaken your sensibility, if it slumbered for a
moment!
earl of Orford Walpole (Horace), 1820
10
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Oxford
... he complained of being ill, and talked of the gout in his stomach — but I
expected his death no more than my own — and yet the same death will probably
be mine.1 I am full of all these reflections — but shall not attrist you with them :
only do ...
Horace Walpole, Peter Cunningham, 1857
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Quote Operation Attrist, reference 857, of September 7. Alternatively, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. n DONCASTER detectives are also ... «The Star, Sep 12»
