Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to russet
Participle: russeted; russetted
Gerund: russeting; russetting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | russet |
| you | russet |
| he;she;it | russets |
| we | russet |
| you | russet |
| they | russet |
Perfect
| I | have russeted; russetted |
| you | have russeted; russetted |
| he;she;it | has russeted; russetted |
| we | have russeted; russetted |
| you | have russeted; russetted |
| they | have russeted; russetted |
Past
| I | russeted; russetted |
| you | russeted; russetted |
| he;she;it | russeted; russetted |
| we | russeted; russetted |
| you | russeted; russetted |
| they | russeted; russetted |
Pluperfect
| I | had russeted; russetted |
| you | had russeted; russetted |
| he;she;it | had russeted; russetted |
| we | had russeted; russetted |
| you | had russeted; russetted |
| they | had russeted; russetted |
Future
| I | will russet |
| you | will russet |
| he;she;it | will russet |
| we | will russet |
| you | will russet |
| they | will russet |
Future Perfect
| I | will have russeted; russetted |
| you | will have russeted; russetted |
| he;she;it | will have russeted; russetted |
| we | will have russeted; russetted |
| you | will have russeted; russetted |
| they | will have russeted; russetted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | russet |
| you | russet |
| he;she;it | russet |
| we | russet |
| you | russet |
| they | russet |
Perfect
| I | have russeted; russetted |
| you | have russeted; russetted |
| he;she;it | have russeted; russetted |
| we | have russeted; russetted |
| you | have russeted; russetted |
| they | have russeted; russetted |
Imperfect
| I | russeted; russetted |
| you | russeted; russetted |
| he;she;it | russeted; russetted |
| we | russeted; russetted |
| you | russeted; russetted |
| they | russeted; russetted |
Pluperfect
| I | had russeted; russetted |
| you | had russeted; russetted |
| he;she;it | had russeted; russetted |
| we | had russeted; russetted |
| you | had russeted; russetted |
| they | had russeted; russetted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would russet |
| you | would russet |
| he;she;it | would russet |
| we | would russet |
| you | would russet |
| they | would russet |
Perfect
| I | would have russeted; russetted |
| you | would have russeted; russetted |
| he;she;it | would have russeted; russetted |
| we | would have russeted; russetted |
| you | would have russeted; russetted |
| they | would have russeted; russetted |
Imperative
| you | russet |
| we | Let's russet |
| you | russet |
Verbs conjugated like 'russet'
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 'russet'
gusset,
basset,
cosset,
misset,
outset,
posset,
ramset,
reset,
ruse,
rust,
Synonyms & Antonyms
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
From Middle English russet, from Anglo-Norman russet, rossat, roset, and Middle French rosset, rousset (“reddish, reddish-brown; a rough wool cloth”), from Middle French rous, rus (“to rouse”) + -et (diminutive suffix); compare Late Latin rossetum, russetum, russeta (“rough wool cloth”), Latin russus (“red”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”)), Occitan rosseta (“rough wool cloth”).
Sample Sentences
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Pear psylla causes damage when nymphs, feeding at high densities on leaves, produce enough honeydew to drip onto the fruit. A black, sooty mold fungus then grows into the honeydew, distorting and russeting the fruit surface, which substantially lowers its commercial value, […] [1995, T. R. Unruh, P. H. Westigard, K. S. Hagen, “Pear Psylla”, in J. R. Nechols et al., editors, Biological Control in the Western United States: Accomplishments and Benefits of Regional Research Project W-84, 1964–1989 (University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Publication; 3361), Oakland, Calif.: Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, →ISBN, page 95:]
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Cultivars differ greatly in their propensity to russet: the characteristic is heritable but more than one factor seems to be involved[…]. [2003, John E. Jackson, “Flowers and Fruits”, in The Biology of Apples and Pears (Biology of Horticultural Crops), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 323:]
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I surprised my own amazement in the looking glass / where the resinous radiance of a chandelier / russeted the chaise longue and the chiffonier. / Autumn lay over everything I loved. [2007, Eric [Linn] Ormsby, “Time’s Covenant”, in Time’s Covenant: Selected Poems, Emeryville, Ont.: Biblioasis, →ISBN, prologue, stanza 3, page 256:]