Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to maim
Participle: maimed
Gerund: maiming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | maim |
| you | maim |
| he;she;it | maims |
| we | maim |
| you | maim |
| they | maim |
Perfect
| I | have maimed |
| you | have maimed |
| he;she;it | has maimed |
| we | have maimed |
| you | have maimed |
| they | have maimed |
Past
| I | maimed |
| you | maimed |
| he;she;it | maimed |
| we | maimed |
| you | maimed |
| they | maimed |
Pluperfect
| I | had maimed |
| you | had maimed |
| he;she;it | had maimed |
| we | had maimed |
| you | had maimed |
| they | had maimed |
Future
| I | will maim |
| you | will maim |
| he;she;it | will maim |
| we | will maim |
| you | will maim |
| they | will maim |
Future Perfect
| I | will have maimed |
| you | will have maimed |
| he;she;it | will have maimed |
| we | will have maimed |
| you | will have maimed |
| they | will have maimed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | maim |
| you | maim |
| he;she;it | maim |
| we | maim |
| you | maim |
| they | maim |
Perfect
| I | have maimed |
| you | have maimed |
| he;she;it | have maimed |
| we | have maimed |
| you | have maimed |
| they | have maimed |
Imperfect
| I | maimed |
| you | maimed |
| he;she;it | maimed |
| we | maimed |
| you | maimed |
| they | maimed |
Pluperfect
| I | had maimed |
| you | had maimed |
| he;she;it | had maimed |
| we | had maimed |
| you | had maimed |
| they | had maimed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would maim |
| you | would maim |
| he;she;it | would maim |
| we | would maim |
| you | would maim |
| they | would maim |
Perfect
| I | would have maimed |
| you | would have maimed |
| he;she;it | would have maimed |
| we | would have maimed |
| you | would have maimed |
| they | would have maimed |
Imperative
| you | maim |
| we | Let's maim |
| you | maim |
Verbs conjugated like 'maim'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'maim'
aim,
mail,
main,
raim,
aid,
aik,
ail,
air,
amain,
arm,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- mutilate
- mangle, mar, damage, deface, dismember, disfigure, cripple, injure
Antonyms
- mutilate
- mend, fix, repair, heal
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1297, from O.Fr.
mahaignier, possibly from V.L.
*mahanare (cf. Prov.
mayanhar, It.
magagnare), of unknown origin. Possibly from P.Gmc.
*mait- (cf. O.N.
meiða "to hurt," related to
mad), or from PIE
*mai- "to cut."
2. From Middle English maymen, mahaymen, from Anglo-Norman maheimer, mahaigner, of Germanic origin; see mayhem. See: Middle English '
maymen'.
Verbs referencing "maim"
English
mayhem, French
maganer.
Sample Sentences
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‘But the immortal spirit which had been implanted within her could not die, nor be maimed nor mutilated; and though most of its avenues of communication with the world were cut off, it began to manifest itself through the others. As soon as she could walk, she began to explore the room, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] labouring-places, too, are shocking. All men who know that there are laws against instructing slaves, of which the pains and penalties greatly exceed in their amount the fines imposed on those who maim and torture them, must be prepared to find their faces very low in the scale of intellectual expression. But the darkness—not of skin, but mind—which meets the stranger 's eye at every turn; the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)