Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rein
Participle: reined
Gerund: reining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rein |
| you | rein |
| he;she;it | reins |
| we | rein |
| you | rein |
| they | rein |
Perfect
| I | have reined |
| you | have reined |
| he;she;it | has reined |
| we | have reined |
| you | have reined |
| they | have reined |
Past
| I | reined |
| you | reined |
| he;she;it | reined |
| we | reined |
| you | reined |
| they | reined |
Pluperfect
| I | had reined |
| you | had reined |
| he;she;it | had reined |
| we | had reined |
| you | had reined |
| they | had reined |
Future
| I | will rein |
| you | will rein |
| he;she;it | will rein |
| we | will rein |
| you | will rein |
| they | will rein |
Future Perfect
| I | will have reined |
| you | will have reined |
| he;she;it | will have reined |
| we | will have reined |
| you | will have reined |
| they | will have reined |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rein |
| you | rein |
| he;she;it | rein |
| we | rein |
| you | rein |
| they | rein |
Perfect
| I | have reined |
| you | have reined |
| he;she;it | have reined |
| we | have reined |
| you | have reined |
| they | have reined |
Imperfect
| I | reined |
| you | reined |
| he;she;it | reined |
| we | reined |
| you | reined |
| they | reined |
Pluperfect
| I | had reined |
| you | had reined |
| he;she;it | had reined |
| we | had reined |
| you | had reined |
| they | had reined |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rein |
| you | would rein |
| he;she;it | would rein |
| we | would rein |
| you | would rein |
| they | would rein |
Perfect
| I | would have reined |
| you | would have reined |
| he;she;it | would have reined |
| we | would have reined |
| you | would have reined |
| they | would have reined |
Imperative
| you | rein |
| we | Let's rein |
| you | rein |
Verbs conjugated like 'rein'
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 'rein'
bein,
drein,
pein,
rain,
rebin,
reign,
reink,
ren,
repin,
resin,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Etymology
1. From Middle English rein, reyne, from Anglo-Norman reyne, resne, from Early Medieval Latin retina, ultimately from Classical Latin retineō (“hold back”), from re- + teneō (“keep, hold”). Compare modern French rêne.
2. Displaced native Old English brīdel (“bridle, rein”), Old English wealdleþer, ġewealdleþer (“rein, bridle”, literally “control strap”), Old English sāl (“cord, rein”), Old English tiġel (“rein”), and Old English lāttēh, lāttēh (“leash, rein”). See: Latin '
retineō'.
Sample Sentences
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He mounts and reins his horse. [[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:]
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Being once chafed, he cannot / Be reined again to temperance. [c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:]
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After an interval that he judged to have lasted twenty minutes, the bed began to shake with poorly reined sobs. [2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:]
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She worked each horse at a walk, trot, and then a canter. The horses reined well and executed stops quickly. [2011, Marie Claire Peck, Rocking Horse Ranch, page 40:]