Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to alloy
Participle: alloyed
Gerund: alloying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | alloy |
| you | alloy |
| he;she;it | alloys |
| we | alloy |
| you | alloy |
| they | alloy |
Perfect
| I | have alloyed |
| you | have alloyed |
| he;she;it | has alloyed |
| we | have alloyed |
| you | have alloyed |
| they | have alloyed |
Past
| I | alloyed |
| you | alloyed |
| he;she;it | alloyed |
| we | alloyed |
| you | alloyed |
| they | alloyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had alloyed |
| you | had alloyed |
| he;she;it | had alloyed |
| we | had alloyed |
| you | had alloyed |
| they | had alloyed |
Future
| I | will alloy |
| you | will alloy |
| he;she;it | will alloy |
| we | will alloy |
| you | will alloy |
| they | will alloy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have alloyed |
| you | will have alloyed |
| he;she;it | will have alloyed |
| we | will have alloyed |
| you | will have alloyed |
| they | will have alloyed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | alloy |
| you | alloy |
| he;she;it | alloy |
| we | alloy |
| you | alloy |
| they | alloy |
Perfect
| I | have alloyed |
| you | have alloyed |
| he;she;it | have alloyed |
| we | have alloyed |
| you | have alloyed |
| they | have alloyed |
Imperfect
| I | alloyed |
| you | alloyed |
| he;she;it | alloyed |
| we | alloyed |
| you | alloyed |
| they | alloyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had alloyed |
| you | had alloyed |
| he;she;it | had alloyed |
| we | had alloyed |
| you | had alloyed |
| they | had alloyed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would alloy |
| you | would alloy |
| he;she;it | would alloy |
| we | would alloy |
| you | would alloy |
| they | would alloy |
Perfect
| I | would have alloyed |
| you | would have alloyed |
| he;she;it | would have alloyed |
| we | would have alloyed |
| you | would have alloyed |
| they | would have alloyed |
Imperative
| you | alloy |
| we | Let's alloy |
| you | alloy |
Verbs conjugated like 'alloy'
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 'alloy'
allay,
alloo,
allot,
allow,
ally,
accloy,
accoy,
acoy,
ahoy,
annoy,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1596, from Anglo-Fr.
alai, from O.Fr.
aleier "mix with a baser metal," from L.
alligare, compound of
ad- "to" +
ligare "to bind," hence "bind one thing to another."
2. Modification of Middle English alayen after Etymology 1, from Middle French allayer, vairant of allier, from Old French allier (“assemble, join”), from Latin alligare (“bind to, tie to”), compound of ad (“to”) + ligare (“to bind”). See: Latin '
alligare'.
Sample Sentences
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to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper
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to alloy pleasure with misfortunes
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In seasons of cheerfulness, no temper could be more cheerful than hers, or possess, in a greater degree, that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself. But in sorrow she must be equally carried away by her fancy, and as far beyond consolation as in pleasure she was beyond alloy. [1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, volume I, chapter 2:]