Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rax
Participle: raxed
Gerund: raxing
Indicative
Present
| I | rax |
| you | rax |
| he;she;it | raxes |
| we | rax |
| you | rax |
| they | rax |
Perfect
| I | have raxed |
| you | have raxed |
| he;she;it | has raxed |
| we | have raxed |
| you | have raxed |
| they | have raxed |
Past
| I | raxed |
| you | raxed |
| he;she;it | raxed |
| we | raxed |
| you | raxed |
| they | raxed |
Pluperfect
| I | had raxed |
| you | had raxed |
| he;she;it | had raxed |
| we | had raxed |
| you | had raxed |
| they | had raxed |
Future
| I | will rax |
| you | will rax |
| he;she;it | will rax |
| we | will rax |
| you | will rax |
| they | will rax |
Future Perfect
| I | will have raxed |
| you | will have raxed |
| he;she;it | will have raxed |
| we | will have raxed |
| you | will have raxed |
| they | will have raxed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rax |
| you | rax |
| he;she;it | rax |
| we | rax |
| you | rax |
| they | rax |
Perfect
| I | have raxed |
| you | have raxed |
| he;she;it | have raxed |
| we | have raxed |
| you | have raxed |
| they | have raxed |
Imperfect
| I | raxed |
| you | raxed |
| he;she;it | raxed |
| we | raxed |
| you | raxed |
| they | raxed |
Pluperfect
| I | had raxed |
| you | had raxed |
| he;she;it | had raxed |
| we | had raxed |
| you | had raxed |
| they | had raxed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rax |
| you | would rax |
| he;she;it | would rax |
| we | would rax |
| you | would rax |
| they | would rax |
Perfect
| I | would have raxed |
| you | would have raxed |
| he;she;it | would have raxed |
| we | would have raxed |
| you | would have raxed |
| they | would have raxed |
Imperative
| you | rax |
| we | Let's rax |
| you | rax |
Verbs conjugated like 'rax'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rax'
ax,
fax,
max,
rag,
ram,
rap,
rat,
ray,
rix,
sax,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English raxen, rasken (“to stretch oneself”), from Old English raxan, racsan (“to stretch oneself after sleep”), probably alteration, with formative s, of Old English rǣċan, ræċċan, reċċan (“to stretch, extend”), from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (“to stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to make straight”). Related to Dutch rekken (“to stretch”), German recken (“to stretch”), Swedish räcka (“to suffice, reach, pass, last”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*rakjaną', Dutch '
rekken', German, old spelling '
recken', Swedish '
räcka'.
Sample Sentences
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Shoeless, he stood naked on his toes, his arms raxed upwards. [1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:]
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Please rax me the pitcher.
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Wha the mischief set him on reading me? I'm sure he could never read onything in a dacent-like way since he was cleckit—rax me the Queen, and I'll let you hear a bit that will gar your hearts dinnle again—rax me the Queen, I say. [1825, John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart, “Noctes Ambrosianæ No. XVIII”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 17:]