Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to enamel
Participle: enameled; enamelled
Gerund: enameling; enamelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | enamel |
| you | enamel |
| he;she;it | enamels |
| we | enamel |
| you | enamel |
| they | enamel |
Perfect
| I | have enameled; enamelled |
| you | have enameled; enamelled |
| he;she;it | has enameled; enamelled |
| we | have enameled; enamelled |
| you | have enameled; enamelled |
| they | have enameled; enamelled |
Past
| I | enameled; enamelled |
| you | enameled; enamelled |
| he;she;it | enameled; enamelled |
| we | enameled; enamelled |
| you | enameled; enamelled |
| they | enameled; enamelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had enameled; enamelled |
| you | had enameled; enamelled |
| he;she;it | had enameled; enamelled |
| we | had enameled; enamelled |
| you | had enameled; enamelled |
| they | had enameled; enamelled |
Future
| I | will enamel |
| you | will enamel |
| he;she;it | will enamel |
| we | will enamel |
| you | will enamel |
| they | will enamel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have enameled; enamelled |
| you | will have enameled; enamelled |
| he;she;it | will have enameled; enamelled |
| we | will have enameled; enamelled |
| you | will have enameled; enamelled |
| they | will have enameled; enamelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | enamel |
| you | enamel |
| he;she;it | enamel |
| we | enamel |
| you | enamel |
| they | enamel |
Perfect
| I | have enameled; enamelled |
| you | have enameled; enamelled |
| he;she;it | have enameled; enamelled |
| we | have enameled; enamelled |
| you | have enameled; enamelled |
| they | have enameled; enamelled |
Imperfect
| I | enameled; enamelled |
| you | enameled; enamelled |
| he;she;it | enameled; enamelled |
| we | enameled; enamelled |
| you | enameled; enamelled |
| they | enameled; enamelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had enameled; enamelled |
| you | had enameled; enamelled |
| he;she;it | had enameled; enamelled |
| we | had enameled; enamelled |
| you | had enameled; enamelled |
| they | had enameled; enamelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would enamel |
| you | would enamel |
| he;she;it | would enamel |
| we | would enamel |
| you | would enamel |
| they | would enamel |
Perfect
| I | would have enameled; enamelled |
| you | would have enameled; enamelled |
| he;she;it | would have enameled; enamelled |
| we | would have enameled; enamelled |
| you | would have enameled; enamelled |
| they | would have enameled; enamelled |
Imperative
| you | enamel |
| we | Let's enamel |
| you | enamel |
Verbs conjugated like 'enamel'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'enamel'
enamell,
amel,
bename,
dename,
enamor,
enfame,
enmew,
enseel,
entame,
hamel,
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1325, from Anglo-Fr. enamailler, from en- "in" + amailler "to enamel," variant of O.Fr. esmailler, from esmail "enamel," from Frank. *smalt, from P.Gmc. *smaltjan "to smelt."
2. From Middle English enamelen, from the noun (see above).
Sample Sentences
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Their plumed helmes are wrought with beaten golde,
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Their ſwords enameld, and about their neckes
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Hangs maſſie chaines of golde downe to the waſte,
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In euery part exceding braue and rich. [c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:]
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Oft he [the serpent] bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck. [1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:]
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to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth