Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mottle
Participle: mottled
Gerund: mottling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mottle |
| you | mottle |
| he;she;it | mottles |
| we | mottle |
| you | mottle |
| they | mottle |
Perfect
| I | have mottled |
| you | have mottled |
| he;she;it | has mottled |
| we | have mottled |
| you | have mottled |
| they | have mottled |
Past
| I | mottled |
| you | mottled |
| he;she;it | mottled |
| we | mottled |
| you | mottled |
| they | mottled |
Pluperfect
| I | had mottled |
| you | had mottled |
| he;she;it | had mottled |
| we | had mottled |
| you | had mottled |
| they | had mottled |
Future
| I | will mottle |
| you | will mottle |
| he;she;it | will mottle |
| we | will mottle |
| you | will mottle |
| they | will mottle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mottled |
| you | will have mottled |
| he;she;it | will have mottled |
| we | will have mottled |
| you | will have mottled |
| they | will have mottled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mottle |
| you | mottle |
| he;she;it | mottle |
| we | mottle |
| you | mottle |
| they | mottle |
Perfect
| I | have mottled |
| you | have mottled |
| he;she;it | have mottled |
| we | have mottled |
| you | have mottled |
| they | have mottled |
Imperfect
| I | mottled |
| you | mottled |
| he;she;it | mottled |
| we | mottled |
| you | mottled |
| they | mottled |
Pluperfect
| I | had mottled |
| you | had mottled |
| he;she;it | had mottled |
| we | had mottled |
| you | had mottled |
| they | had mottled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mottle |
| you | would mottle |
| he;she;it | would mottle |
| we | would mottle |
| you | would mottle |
| they | would mottle |
Perfect
| I | would have mottled |
| you | would have mottled |
| he;she;it | would have mottled |
| we | would have mottled |
| you | would have mottled |
| they | would have mottled |
Imperative
| you | mottle |
| we | Let's mottle |
| you | mottle |
Verbs conjugated like 'mottle'
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 'mottle'
bottle,
tottle,
battle,
buttle,
embottle,
ettle,
fettle,
footle,
guttle,
jostle,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1670-80. Probably back-formation from motley.
Sample Sentences
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Between the grey mist of rainclouds the sun suddenly appeared to mottle the wet asphalt of Marble Arch in patches of silver and ebony. [1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 214:]