Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to plain
Participle: plained
Gerund: plaining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | plain |
| you | plain |
| he;she;it | plains |
| we | plain |
| you | plain |
| they | plain |
Perfect
| I | have plained |
| you | have plained |
| he;she;it | has plained |
| we | have plained |
| you | have plained |
| they | have plained |
Past
| I | plained |
| you | plained |
| he;she;it | plained |
| we | plained |
| you | plained |
| they | plained |
Pluperfect
| I | had plained |
| you | had plained |
| he;she;it | had plained |
| we | had plained |
| you | had plained |
| they | had plained |
Future
| I | will plain |
| you | will plain |
| he;she;it | will plain |
| we | will plain |
| you | will plain |
| they | will plain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have plained |
| you | will have plained |
| he;she;it | will have plained |
| we | will have plained |
| you | will have plained |
| they | will have plained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | plain |
| you | plain |
| he;she;it | plain |
| we | plain |
| you | plain |
| they | plain |
Perfect
| I | have plained |
| you | have plained |
| he;she;it | have plained |
| we | have plained |
| you | have plained |
| they | have plained |
Imperfect
| I | plained |
| you | plained |
| he;she;it | plained |
| we | plained |
| you | plained |
| they | plained |
Pluperfect
| I | had plained |
| you | had plained |
| he;she;it | had plained |
| we | had plained |
| you | had plained |
| they | had plained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would plain |
| you | would plain |
| he;she;it | would plain |
| we | would plain |
| you | would plain |
| they | would plain |
Perfect
| I | would have plained |
| you | would have plained |
| he;she;it | would have plained |
| we | would have plained |
| you | would have plained |
| they | would have plained |
Imperative
| you | plain |
| we | Let's plain |
| you | plain |
Verbs conjugated like 'plain'
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 'plain'
lain,
pain,
plait,
plan,
plein,
splain,
amain,
blin,
brain,
chain,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Old French plain, from Latin plānum (“level ground, a plain”), neuter substantive from plānus (“level, even, flat”). Doublet of llano, piano, and plane.
Sample Sentences
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Frownst thou thereat aspiring Lancaster,
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The sworde shall plane the furrowes of thy browes, [1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):]
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We would rake Europe rather, plain the East; [1612, George Wither, Prince Henrie’s Obsequies, Elegy 24, in Egerton Brydges (editor), Restituta, Volume I, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1814, p. 399, Though kept by Rome’s and Mahomet’s chiefe powers; They should not long detain him there in thrall]
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What’s dumb in show, I’ll plain with speech. [c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act III, prologue]:]