Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to birle
Participle: birled
Gerund: birling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | birle |
| you | birle |
| he;she;it | birles |
| we | birle |
| you | birle |
| they | birle |
Perfect
| I | have birled |
| you | have birled |
| he;she;it | has birled |
| we | have birled |
| you | have birled |
| they | have birled |
Past
| I | birled |
| you | birled |
| he;she;it | birled |
| we | birled |
| you | birled |
| they | birled |
Pluperfect
| I | had birled |
| you | had birled |
| he;she;it | had birled |
| we | had birled |
| you | had birled |
| they | had birled |
Future
| I | will birle |
| you | will birle |
| he;she;it | will birle |
| we | will birle |
| you | will birle |
| they | will birle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have birled |
| you | will have birled |
| he;she;it | will have birled |
| we | will have birled |
| you | will have birled |
| they | will have birled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | birle |
| you | birle |
| he;she;it | birle |
| we | birle |
| you | birle |
| they | birle |
Perfect
| I | have birled |
| you | have birled |
| he;she;it | have birled |
| we | have birled |
| you | have birled |
| they | have birled |
Imperfect
| I | birled |
| you | birled |
| he;she;it | birled |
| we | birled |
| you | birled |
| they | birled |
Pluperfect
| I | had birled |
| you | had birled |
| he;she;it | had birled |
| we | had birled |
| you | had birled |
| they | had birled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would birle |
| you | would birle |
| he;she;it | would birle |
| we | would birle |
| you | would birle |
| they | would birle |
Perfect
| I | would have birled |
| you | would have birled |
| he;she;it | would have birled |
| we | would have birled |
| you | would have birled |
| they | would have birled |
Imperative
| you | birle |
| we | Let's birle |
| you | birle |
Verbs conjugated like 'birle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'birle'
bile,
birl,
bale,
bare,
barge,
bere,
bibble,
bide,
bield,
bike,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English birlen, from Old English byrelian (“to give or serve a drink to”), from byrele (“cupbearer, steward, butler”), from Proto-Germanic *burilijaz (“carrier, manservant”), from *burjô (“descendant, son”), from *beraną (“to bear, carry”). Related to Old English byre (“son, offspring, youth”). More at bear. See: Middle English '
birlen'.
Sample Sentences
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c.1882-1898, Francis James Child (collector and editor), Child's Ballads, Number 68: "Young Hunting",
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She has birld in him Young Hunting / The good ale and the beer, / Till he was as fou drunken / As any wild-wood steer.
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c.1882-1898, Francis James Child (collector and editor), Child's Ballads, Number 73: "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet",
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They birled, they birled at Annies wake / The white bread and the wine, / And ere the morn at that same time / At his they birled the same.