Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prim
Participle: primmed
Gerund: primming
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | prim |
| you | prim |
| he;she;it | prims |
| we | prim |
| you | prim |
| they | prim |
Perfect
| I | have primmed |
| you | have primmed |
| he;she;it | has primmed |
| we | have primmed |
| you | have primmed |
| they | have primmed |
Past
| I | primmed |
| you | primmed |
| he;she;it | primmed |
| we | primmed |
| you | primmed |
| they | primmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had primmed |
| you | had primmed |
| he;she;it | had primmed |
| we | had primmed |
| you | had primmed |
| they | had primmed |
Future
| I | will prim |
| you | will prim |
| he;she;it | will prim |
| we | will prim |
| you | will prim |
| they | will prim |
Future Perfect
| I | will have primmed |
| you | will have primmed |
| he;she;it | will have primmed |
| we | will have primmed |
| you | will have primmed |
| they | will have primmed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prim |
| you | prim |
| he;she;it | prim |
| we | prim |
| you | prim |
| they | prim |
Perfect
| I | have primmed |
| you | have primmed |
| he;she;it | have primmed |
| we | have primmed |
| you | have primmed |
| they | have primmed |
Imperfect
| I | primmed |
| you | primmed |
| he;she;it | primmed |
| we | primmed |
| you | primmed |
| they | primmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had primmed |
| you | had primmed |
| he;she;it | had primmed |
| we | had primmed |
| you | had primmed |
| they | had primmed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prim |
| you | would prim |
| he;she;it | would prim |
| we | would prim |
| you | would prim |
| they | would prim |
Perfect
| I | would have primmed |
| you | would have primmed |
| he;she;it | would have primmed |
| we | would have primmed |
| you | would have primmed |
| they | would have primmed |
Imperative
| you | prim |
| we | Let's prim |
| you | prim |
Verbs conjugated like 'prim'
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 'prim'
brim,
crim,
grim,
plim,
prie,
prig,
prime,
primp,
prin,
rim,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1684 (v.) "to assume a formal, precise demeanor," probably from Fr. prim "thin, small, delicate," from O.Fr. prim "fine, delicate," from L. primus "first, finest" (see prime). Attested as a noun from 1700. The adj., the sole surviving sense, is from 1709. A cant word at first; the noun sense may be the original.
2. Of uncertain origin.
3. In the verb sense, first appeared in Thomas D'Urfey's A Fool's Preferment in the year 1688.
4. In the noun sense, first appeared in A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew in the year 1699, meaning "prig." Now obsolete.
5. In the adjective sense, first appeared in Sir Richard Steele's The Funeral in the year 1702, meaning "consciously or affectedly strict or precise; stiffly formal and respectable."
6. Oxford English Dictionary proposed a relation with primp and prink. Chiefly Scottish and U.S.
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