Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pencil
Participle: pencilled
Gerund: pencilling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pencil |
| you | pencil |
| he;she;it | pencils |
| we | pencil |
| you | pencil |
| they | pencil |
Perfect
| I | have pencilled |
| you | have pencilled |
| he;she;it | has pencilled |
| we | have pencilled |
| you | have pencilled |
| they | have pencilled |
Past
| I | pencilled |
| you | pencilled |
| he;she;it | pencilled |
| we | pencilled |
| you | pencilled |
| they | pencilled |
Pluperfect
| I | had pencilled |
| you | had pencilled |
| he;she;it | had pencilled |
| we | had pencilled |
| you | had pencilled |
| they | had pencilled |
Future
| I | will pencil |
| you | will pencil |
| he;she;it | will pencil |
| we | will pencil |
| you | will pencil |
| they | will pencil |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pencilled |
| you | will have pencilled |
| he;she;it | will have pencilled |
| we | will have pencilled |
| you | will have pencilled |
| they | will have pencilled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pencil |
| you | pencil |
| he;she;it | pencil |
| we | pencil |
| you | pencil |
| they | pencil |
Perfect
| I | have pencilled |
| you | have pencilled |
| he;she;it | have pencilled |
| we | have pencilled |
| you | have pencilled |
| they | have pencilled |
Imperfect
| I | pencilled |
| you | pencilled |
| he;she;it | pencilled |
| we | pencilled |
| you | pencilled |
| they | pencilled |
Pluperfect
| I | had pencilled |
| you | had pencilled |
| he;she;it | had pencilled |
| we | had pencilled |
| you | had pencilled |
| they | had pencilled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pencil |
| you | would pencil |
| he;she;it | would pencil |
| we | would pencil |
| you | would pencil |
| they | would pencil |
Perfect
| I | would have pencilled |
| you | would have pencilled |
| he;she;it | would have pencilled |
| we | would have pencilled |
| you | would have pencilled |
| they | would have pencilled |
Imperative
| you | pencil |
| we | Let's pencil |
| you | pencil |
Verbs conjugated like 'pencil'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pencil'
denail,
peril,
renail,
stencil,
anoil,
anvil,
bemoil,
bench,
benim,
besoil,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman and Old French pincil (see the variant pincel, which gave rise to Modern French pinceau (“paintbrush”)), from Latin pēnicillum, diminutive of pēniculus (“brush”), itself a diminutive of pēnis (“tail; penis”). Doublet of penis. Not related to pen.
Sample Sentences
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It was a superb moonlight night, and the shadows of the graceful China trees lay minutely pencilled on the turf below, and there was that transparent stillness in the air which it seems almost unholy to disturb. Legree was a little distance from the quarters, when he heard the voice of some one [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)