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noun | verb crusadecrusade1 /kruˈseɪd/ ●○○ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYcrusade1Origin: 1400-1500 Old French croisade and Spanish cruzada, both from Latin crux; ➔ CROSS2 1a determined attempt to change something, because you think you are morally right: crusade to/for a crusade for gun controlcrusade against He led a successful crusade against a major tobacco company.2the Crusades a series of wars fought in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by Christian armies trying to take Palestine from the Muslims noun | verb crusadecrusade2 verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEcrusade |
Present | I, you, we, they | crusade | | he, she, it | crusades | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | crusaded | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have crusaded | | he, she, it | has crusaded | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had crusaded | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will crusade | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have crusaded |
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Present | I | am crusading | | he, she, it | is crusading | | you, we, they | are crusading | Past | I, he, she, it | was crusading | | you, we, they | were crusading | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been crusading | | he, she, it | has been crusading | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been crusading | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be crusading | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been crusading |
to take part in a crusade: crusade against/for The new mayor is actively crusading against drugs and gangs.—crusader noun [countable] |