Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spice
Participle: spiced
Gerund: spicing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | spice |
| you | spice |
| he;she;it | spices |
| we | spice |
| you | spice |
| they | spice |
Perfect
| I | have spiced |
| you | have spiced |
| he;she;it | has spiced |
| we | have spiced |
| you | have spiced |
| they | have spiced |
Past
| I | spiced |
| you | spiced |
| he;she;it | spiced |
| we | spiced |
| you | spiced |
| they | spiced |
Pluperfect
| I | had spiced |
| you | had spiced |
| he;she;it | had spiced |
| we | had spiced |
| you | had spiced |
| they | had spiced |
Future
| I | will spice |
| you | will spice |
| he;she;it | will spice |
| we | will spice |
| you | will spice |
| they | will spice |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spiced |
| you | will have spiced |
| he;she;it | will have spiced |
| we | will have spiced |
| you | will have spiced |
| they | will have spiced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spice |
| you | spice |
| he;she;it | spice |
| we | spice |
| you | spice |
| they | spice |
Perfect
| I | have spiced |
| you | have spiced |
| he;she;it | have spiced |
| we | have spiced |
| you | have spiced |
| they | have spiced |
Imperfect
| I | spiced |
| you | spiced |
| he;she;it | spiced |
| we | spiced |
| you | spiced |
| they | spiced |
Pluperfect
| I | had spiced |
| you | had spiced |
| he;she;it | had spiced |
| we | had spiced |
| you | had spiced |
| they | had spiced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spice |
| you | would spice |
| he;she;it | would spice |
| we | would spice |
| you | would spice |
| they | would spice |
Perfect
| I | would have spiced |
| you | would have spiced |
| he;she;it | would have spiced |
| we | would have spiced |
| you | would have spiced |
| they | would have spiced |
Imperative
| you | spice |
| we | Let's spice |
| you | spice |
Verbs conjugated like 'spice'
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 'spice'
slice,
space,
spicen,
spike,
spile,
spire,
spite,
splice,
aspire,
bespice,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cause to become more lively and energetic
- animate, beghast, brighten, energize, enliven, enthuse, exalt, excite, ginger up, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, jazz, liven, liven up, perk up, quicken, spice up, vitalise
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
4. Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti
5. Proto-Italic *spekjō
6. Latin speciō
7. Proto-Italic *-jēs
8. Latin -iēs
9. Late Latin speciēs
10. Old French espicebor.
11. Anglo-Norman specebor.
12. Middle English spice
13. English spice
14. Inherited from Middle English spice, from Old French espice (modern épice), from Late Latin speciēs (“spice, good, ware”), from Latin speciēs (“kind, sort”). Doublet of species.
Sample Sentences
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Madame de Pompadour was fond of chocolates spiced with vanilla and amber. [1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 242:]
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City Men is pretty much the same kind of sentimental comedy spiced with wisecracks as The Women, a disappointingly familiar genre. [1985 February 2, Nicholas Deutsch, “City Men (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 19:]