Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to relic
Participle: reliced
Gerund: relicing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | relic |
| you | relic |
| he;she;it | relics |
| we | relic |
| you | relic |
| they | relic |
Perfect
| I | have reliced |
| you | have reliced |
| he;she;it | has reliced |
| we | have reliced |
| you | have reliced |
| they | have reliced |
Past
| I | reliced |
| you | reliced |
| he;she;it | reliced |
| we | reliced |
| you | reliced |
| they | reliced |
Pluperfect
| I | had reliced |
| you | had reliced |
| he;she;it | had reliced |
| we | had reliced |
| you | had reliced |
| they | had reliced |
Future
| I | will relic |
| you | will relic |
| he;she;it | will relic |
| we | will relic |
| you | will relic |
| they | will relic |
Future Perfect
| I | will have reliced |
| you | will have reliced |
| he;she;it | will have reliced |
| we | will have reliced |
| you | will have reliced |
| they | will have reliced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | relic |
| you | relic |
| he;she;it | relic |
| we | relic |
| you | relic |
| they | relic |
Perfect
| I | have reliced |
| you | have reliced |
| he;she;it | have reliced |
| we | have reliced |
| you | have reliced |
| they | have reliced |
Imperfect
| I | reliced |
| you | reliced |
| he;she;it | reliced |
| we | reliced |
| you | reliced |
| they | reliced |
Pluperfect
| I | had reliced |
| you | had reliced |
| he;she;it | had reliced |
| we | had reliced |
| you | had reliced |
| they | had reliced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would relic |
| you | would relic |
| he;she;it | would relic |
| we | would relic |
| you | would relic |
| they | would relic |
Perfect
| I | would have reliced |
| you | would have reliced |
| he;she;it | would have reliced |
| we | would have reliced |
| you | would have reliced |
| they | would have reliced |
Imperative
| you | relic |
| we | Let's relic |
| you | relic |
Verbs conjugated like 'relic'
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 'relic'
relick,
belick,
belie,
delid,
elix,
frolic,
helix,
reaim,
reair,
rebid,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English relik et al., from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae (“remains, relics”), from relinquō (“to leave behind, abandon, relinquish”), from re- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”). Doublet of relict, derelict, and relinquish.
Sample Sentences
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Age has become a fetish in the world of guitars where large amounts of money are paid for a specially “reliced” guitar. As one company, Relic Guitars, which offers this service claims, “The idea behind relicing a guitar is to artificially replicate the natural wear that occurs over many years […]” [2009, Trevor Pinch, David Reinecke, “Technostalgia: How old gear lives on in new music”, in Karin Bijsterveld, José van Dijck, editors, Sound Souvenirs: Audio Technologies, Memory and Cultural Practices, page 152:]
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The whole idea of relicing an instrument is to accelerate the wear and tear that normally occurs over decades. [2012, Will Kelly, How to Build Electric Guitars, page 81:]
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He's since run his own shop, building, winding/making pickups, doing restorations and relicing guitars. [2017 January 19, “Fender® Custom Shop Commemorates 30th Anniversary Milestone With Founders Design Project Debuting At 2017 Winter NAMM”, in PR Newswire:]