Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rally round sb
Participle: rallied round sb
Gerund: rallying round sb
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rally round sb |
| you | rally round sb |
| he;she;it | rallies round sb |
| we | rally round sb |
| you | rally round sb |
| they | rally round sb |
Perfect
| I | have rallied round sb |
| you | have rallied round sb |
| he;she;it | has rallied round sb |
| we | have rallied round sb |
| you | have rallied round sb |
| they | have rallied round sb |
Past
| I | rallied round sb |
| you | rallied round sb |
| he;she;it | rallied round sb |
| we | rallied round sb |
| you | rallied round sb |
| they | rallied round sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had rallied round sb |
| you | had rallied round sb |
| he;she;it | had rallied round sb |
| we | had rallied round sb |
| you | had rallied round sb |
| they | had rallied round sb |
Future
| I | will rally round sb |
| you | will rally round sb |
| he;she;it | will rally round sb |
| we | will rally round sb |
| you | will rally round sb |
| they | will rally round sb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have rallied round sb |
| you | will have rallied round sb |
| he;she;it | will have rallied round sb |
| we | will have rallied round sb |
| you | will have rallied round sb |
| they | will have rallied round sb |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rally round sb |
| you | rally round sb |
| he;she;it | rally round sb |
| we | rally round sb |
| you | rally round sb |
| they | rally round sb |
Perfect
| I | have rallied round sb |
| you | have rallied round sb |
| he;she;it | have rallied round sb |
| we | have rallied round sb |
| you | have rallied round sb |
| they | have rallied round sb |
Imperfect
| I | rallied round sb |
| you | rallied round sb |
| he;she;it | rallied round sb |
| we | rallied round sb |
| you | rallied round sb |
| they | rallied round sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had rallied round sb |
| you | had rallied round sb |
| he;she;it | had rallied round sb |
| we | had rallied round sb |
| you | had rallied round sb |
| they | had rallied round sb |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rally round sb |
| you | would rally round sb |
| he;she;it | would rally round sb |
| we | would rally round sb |
| you | would rally round sb |
| they | would rally round sb |
Perfect
| I | would have rallied round sb |
| you | would have rallied round sb |
| he;she;it | would have rallied round sb |
| we | would have rallied round sb |
| you | would have rallied round sb |
| they | would have rallied round sb |
Imperative
| you | rally round sb |
| we | Let's rally round sb |
| you | rally round sb |
Verbs conjugated like 'rally'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rally'
ally,
dally,
gally,
really,
sally,
tally,
allay,
alloy,
ball,
balls,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- renew
- return, attack, charge, counterattack, reassemble
- revive
- recuperate, renew, convalesce, rejuvenate, restore, surge, recover
Antonyms
- renew
- weaken, wear, exhaust, impair
- revive
- kill, rot, perish, shrivel
Additional Information
Etymology
From Middle French rallier (French rallier), from Old French ralier, from Latin prefix re- + ad + ligare (“to bind; to ally”). See: Middle French '
rallier', French '
rallier', Old French '
ralier'.
Sample Sentences
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Innumerable parts of matter chanced just then to rally together, and to form themselves into this new world. [1664, John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious. Job XXVIII. 28.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer, […]; [a]nd W. Rogers, […], published 1696, →OCLC:]
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The Grecians rally, and their powers unite. [1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]
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The USA were dominant but, to England’s immense credit, they repeatedly rallied, refusing to fold. Indeed they could conceivably have gone in level at the interval had Naeher not made an acrobatic, stretching, fingertip save to divert Walsh’s 25-yard thunderbolt as it whizzed unerringly on its apparently inexorable trajectory towards the top corner. [2019 July 2, Louise Taylor, “Alex Morgan heads USA past England into Women’s World Cup final”, in The Guardian:]
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Norbourne was almost thankful for any excuse that enabled him to avoid seeing Lady Marchmont. In vain he sought to rally his spirits, and to conceal his depression; but the idea of Ethel mocked his efforts to forget. [1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 40–41:]
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The market fell this morning but rallied later in the day.
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Bitcoin has still plunged in value by almost two-thirds this year, it should be said. But it has also rallied by about 10% since the downwards lurch when FTX filed for bankruptcy in mid-November, which is extraordinary. [2022 December 14, Nils Pratley, “Bitcoin has rallied. What are crypto’s true believers still smoking?”, in The Guardian:]