Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to drizzle
Participle: drizzled
Gerund: drizzling
Indicative
Present
| I | drizzle |
| you | drizzle |
| he;she;it | drizzles |
| we | drizzle |
| you | drizzle |
| they | drizzle |
Perfect
| I | have drizzled |
| you | have drizzled |
| he;she;it | has drizzled |
| we | have drizzled |
| you | have drizzled |
| they | have drizzled |
Past
| I | drizzled |
| you | drizzled |
| he;she;it | drizzled |
| we | drizzled |
| you | drizzled |
| they | drizzled |
Pluperfect
| I | had drizzled |
| you | had drizzled |
| he;she;it | had drizzled |
| we | had drizzled |
| you | had drizzled |
| they | had drizzled |
Future
| I | will drizzle |
| you | will drizzle |
| he;she;it | will drizzle |
| we | will drizzle |
| you | will drizzle |
| they | will drizzle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have drizzled |
| you | will have drizzled |
| he;she;it | will have drizzled |
| we | will have drizzled |
| you | will have drizzled |
| they | will have drizzled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | drizzle |
| you | drizzle |
| he;she;it | drizzle |
| we | drizzle |
| you | drizzle |
| they | drizzle |
Perfect
| I | have drizzled |
| you | have drizzled |
| he;she;it | have drizzled |
| we | have drizzled |
| you | have drizzled |
| they | have drizzled |
Imperfect
| I | drizzled |
| you | drizzled |
| he;she;it | drizzled |
| we | drizzled |
| you | drizzled |
| they | drizzled |
Pluperfect
| I | had drizzled |
| you | had drizzled |
| he;she;it | had drizzled |
| we | had drizzled |
| you | had drizzled |
| they | had drizzled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would drizzle |
| you | would drizzle |
| he;she;it | would drizzle |
| we | would drizzle |
| you | would drizzle |
| they | would drizzle |
Perfect
| I | would have drizzled |
| you | would have drizzled |
| he;she;it | would have drizzled |
| we | would have drizzled |
| you | would have drizzled |
| they | would have drizzled |
Imperative
| you | drizzle |
| we | Let's drizzle |
| you | drizzle |
Verbs conjugated like 'drizzle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'drizzle'
crizzle,
frizzle,
grizzle,
rizzle,
wrizzle,
bedrizzle,
crozzle,
dazzle,
dribble,
drinkle,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1543, alteration of
drysning "a falling of dew" (14c.), from O.E.
-drysnian, related to
dreosan "to fall."
2. Perhaps a back-formation from dryseling, a dissimilated variant of Middle English drysning (“a falling of dew”), from , related to Old English drēosan (“to fall, to decline”), making it cognate to modern English droze and drowse. Compare also dialectal Swedish drösla. See: Swedish '
drösla'.
Sample Sentences
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We had planned a picnic for Joe's birthday, but it ended up drizzling all day.
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And from mine eyes the drizling teares descend,
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As on your boughes the ysicles depend. [1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Ianuarye. Ægloga Prima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:]
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When the sun sets, the air doth drizzle dew;
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But for the sunset of my brother’s son
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It rains downright. [c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:]
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The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle olive oil on it.
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The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle it in olive oil.
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She'll be right back, had to drizzle before we leave.
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She found that all those ladies who did not play at cards occupied their fingers with parfilage.[...] Here, the work was called drizzling. Ladies begged their friends to give them pieces of the gold lace used on uniforms and the gold tassels of sword-belts, they picked out the metal threads, and by selling these they realised considerable sums. Prince Leopold himself drizzled continually[...] [1908 January 26 – June 26, James Knowles, “Extracts from the Journal of Lady Mary Coke”, in The Nineteenth Century And After, volume 63, New York, N.Y.; London: Leonard Scott Publication Co.; Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., Printers, →OCLC, page 433:]