| conjugate |
| Definition: To modify a verb to show number, person, voice, mood, and tense. |
| Etymology: The term derives from the Latin conjugare, to join together (from con, together + jugare, yoke or join). |
| Oxford English Dictionary: Its first citation in its grammatical sense is from 1530: "In the seconde boke, where I conjugate je parle and je conuertis at the length." (Palsgr. Introd. 33) |