Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spice up
Participle: spiced up
Gerund: spicing up
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | spice up |
| you | spice up |
| he;she;it | spices up |
| we | spice up |
| you | spice up |
| they | spice up |
Perfect
| I | have spiced up |
| you | have spiced up |
| he;she;it | has spiced up |
| we | have spiced up |
| you | have spiced up |
| they | have spiced up |
Past
| I | spiced up |
| you | spiced up |
| he;she;it | spiced up |
| we | spiced up |
| you | spiced up |
| they | spiced up |
Pluperfect
| I | had spiced up |
| you | had spiced up |
| he;she;it | had spiced up |
| we | had spiced up |
| you | had spiced up |
| they | had spiced up |
Future
| I | will spice up |
| you | will spice up |
| he;she;it | will spice up |
| we | will spice up |
| you | will spice up |
| they | will spice up |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spiced up |
| you | will have spiced up |
| he;she;it | will have spiced up |
| we | will have spiced up |
| you | will have spiced up |
| they | will have spiced up |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spice up |
| you | spice up |
| he;she;it | spice up |
| we | spice up |
| you | spice up |
| they | spice up |
Perfect
| I | have spiced up |
| you | have spiced up |
| he;she;it | have spiced up |
| we | have spiced up |
| you | have spiced up |
| they | have spiced up |
Imperfect
| I | spiced up |
| you | spiced up |
| he;she;it | spiced up |
| we | spiced up |
| you | spiced up |
| they | spiced up |
Pluperfect
| I | had spiced up |
| you | had spiced up |
| he;she;it | had spiced up |
| we | had spiced up |
| you | had spiced up |
| they | had spiced up |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spice up |
| you | would spice up |
| he;she;it | would spice up |
| we | would spice up |
| you | would spice up |
| they | would spice up |
Perfect
| I | would have spiced up |
| you | would have spiced up |
| he;she;it | would have spiced up |
| we | would have spiced up |
| you | would have spiced up |
| they | would have spiced up |
Imperative
| you | spice up |
| we | Let's spice up |
| you | spice up |
Verbs conjugated like 'spice'
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 'spice'
slice,
space,
spicen,
spike,
spile,
spire,
spite,
splice,
aspire,
bespice,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cause to become more lively and energetic
- animate, beghast, brighten, energize, enliven, enthuse, exalt, excite, ginger up, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, jazz, liven, liven up, perk up, quicken, spice up, vitalise
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
4. Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti
5. Proto-Italic *spekjō
6. Latin speciō
7. Proto-Italic *-jēs
8. Latin -iēs
9. Late Latin speciēs
10. Old French espicebor.
11. Anglo-Norman specebor.
12. Middle English spice
13. English spice
14. Inherited from Middle English spice, from Old French espice (modern épice), from Late Latin speciēs (“spice, good, ware”), from Latin speciēs (“kind, sort”). Doublet of species.
Sample Sentences
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Madame de Pompadour was fond of chocolates spiced with vanilla and amber. [1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 242:]
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City Men is pretty much the same kind of sentimental comedy spiced with wisecracks as The Women, a disappointingly familiar genre. [1985 February 2, Nicholas Deutsch, “City Men (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 19:]