Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to moil
Participle: moiled
Gerund: moiling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | moil |
| you | moil |
| he;she;it | moils |
| we | moil |
| you | moil |
| they | moil |
Perfect
| I | have moiled |
| you | have moiled |
| he;she;it | has moiled |
| we | have moiled |
| you | have moiled |
| they | have moiled |
Past
| I | moiled |
| you | moiled |
| he;she;it | moiled |
| we | moiled |
| you | moiled |
| they | moiled |
Pluperfect
| I | had moiled |
| you | had moiled |
| he;she;it | had moiled |
| we | had moiled |
| you | had moiled |
| they | had moiled |
Future
| I | will moil |
| you | will moil |
| he;she;it | will moil |
| we | will moil |
| you | will moil |
| they | will moil |
Future Perfect
| I | will have moiled |
| you | will have moiled |
| he;she;it | will have moiled |
| we | will have moiled |
| you | will have moiled |
| they | will have moiled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | moil |
| you | moil |
| he;she;it | moil |
| we | moil |
| you | moil |
| they | moil |
Perfect
| I | have moiled |
| you | have moiled |
| he;she;it | have moiled |
| we | have moiled |
| you | have moiled |
| they | have moiled |
Imperfect
| I | moiled |
| you | moiled |
| he;she;it | moiled |
| we | moiled |
| you | moiled |
| they | moiled |
Pluperfect
| I | had moiled |
| you | had moiled |
| he;she;it | had moiled |
| we | had moiled |
| you | had moiled |
| they | had moiled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would moil |
| you | would moil |
| he;she;it | would moil |
| we | would moil |
| you | would moil |
| they | would moil |
Perfect
| I | would have moiled |
| you | would have moiled |
| he;she;it | would have moiled |
| we | would have moiled |
| you | would have moiled |
| they | would have moiled |
Imperative
| you | moil |
| we | Let's moil |
| you | moil |
Verbs conjugated like 'moil'
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 'moil'
boil,
coil,
foil,
mail,
oil,
roil,
soil,
toil,
ail,
anoil,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to labour in the mire" [Johnson], c.1400, possibly from O.Fr.
mouiller "to wet, moisten," from V.L.
*molliare, from L.
molis "soft."
2. From Middle English mollen (“to soften by wetting”), borrowed from Old French moillier with the same meaning, from Vulgar Latin *molliō, *molliare, from mollis (“soft”). See: Middle English '
mollen', Old French '
moillier'.
Sample Sentences
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Moil not too much underground, for the hope of mines is very uncertain, and useth to make the planters lazy in other things.. [1625, Francis Bacon, Of Plantations:]
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Now he must moil and drudge for one he loathes. [1693, John Dryden, “Tenth Satire of Juvenal”, in Juvenal and Persius:]
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Why for sluggards cark and moil? [1849, Charles Kingsley, Alton Locke's Song:]
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There are strange things done in the midnight sun
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By the men who moil for gold;
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The Arctic trails have their secret tales
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That would make your blood run cold;
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The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
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But the queerest they ever did see
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Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge
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I cremated Sam McGee. [1907, Robert W. Service, “The Cremation of Sam McGee”, in The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses:]
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A crowd of men and women moiled like nightmare figures in the smoke-green haze. [1952, Ralph Ellison, chapter 23, in Invisible Man:]