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{{irreg vbs|draw|drew|drawn|also '''withdraw'''|4|B}} d
 
{{irreg vbs|draw|drew|drawn|also '''withdraw'''|4|B}} d
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::You may be interested to see also [[Draw - drawer]] and [[Draft - draught]], the latter to illustrate how the forms of this word have changed during the history of English. Around 1,000 CE, the table above might have read:
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|-
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!width="100"| [[Base form]]
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!width="150"| [[past tense]]
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!width="150"| [[-ed participle]]
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!width="400"| Remarks
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| draʒe ''or'' drache|| dróʒ ''or'' dróh|| draʒen||
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and by the 14th century:
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|-
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!width="250"| [[Base form]]
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!width="250"| [[past tense]]
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!width="200"| [[-ed participle]]
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!width="40"| Remarks
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| draÊ’-, drach-, draÊ’h-, drah-. ''or'' drauÊ’-||droÊ’, droÊ’h, droh ''or'' drohh, drou ''or'' drow || draÊ’en, draghen ''or'' drauen ||
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Revision as of 17:10, 6 January 2009


'To draw' is an irregular verb. Its forms are given here:

Base form past tense -ed participle Remarks
draw drew drawn also withdraw
This is one of the "the 250 or so irregular verbs" listed in Quirk 1985. The list "contains most of the irregular verbs in present-day English ... but is not meant to be exhaustive, particularly with regard to derivative verbs." AWE has copied most of the entries in that list. The verb 'to draw' belongs to Quirk's Class 4 B d
You may be interested to see also Draw - drawer and Draft - draught, the latter to illustrate how the forms of this word have changed during the history of English. Around 1,000 CE, the table above might have read:
Base form past tense -ed participle Remarks
draʒe or drache dróʒ or dróh draʒen

and by the 14th century:

Base form past tense -ed participle Remarks
draÊ’-, drach-, draÊ’h-, drah-. or drauÊ’- droÊ’, droÊ’h, droh or drohh, drou or drow draÊ’en, draghen or drauen
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