Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to wassail
Participle: wassailed
Gerund: wassailing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | wassail |
| you | wassail |
| he;she;it | wassails |
| we | wassail |
| you | wassail |
| they | wassail |
Perfect
| I | have wassailed |
| you | have wassailed |
| he;she;it | has wassailed |
| we | have wassailed |
| you | have wassailed |
| they | have wassailed |
Past
| I | wassailed |
| you | wassailed |
| he;she;it | wassailed |
| we | wassailed |
| you | wassailed |
| they | wassailed |
Pluperfect
| I | had wassailed |
| you | had wassailed |
| he;she;it | had wassailed |
| we | had wassailed |
| you | had wassailed |
| they | had wassailed |
Future
| I | will wassail |
| you | will wassail |
| he;she;it | will wassail |
| we | will wassail |
| you | will wassail |
| they | will wassail |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wassailed |
| you | will have wassailed |
| he;she;it | will have wassailed |
| we | will have wassailed |
| you | will have wassailed |
| they | will have wassailed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | wassail |
| you | wassail |
| he;she;it | wassail |
| we | wassail |
| you | wassail |
| they | wassail |
Perfect
| I | have wassailed |
| you | have wassailed |
| he;she;it | have wassailed |
| we | have wassailed |
| you | have wassailed |
| they | have wassailed |
Imperfect
| I | wassailed |
| you | wassailed |
| he;she;it | wassailed |
| we | wassailed |
| you | wassailed |
| they | wassailed |
Pluperfect
| I | had wassailed |
| you | had wassailed |
| he;she;it | had wassailed |
| we | had wassailed |
| you | had wassailed |
| they | had wassailed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would wassail |
| you | would wassail |
| he;she;it | would wassail |
| we | would wassail |
| you | would wassail |
| they | would wassail |
Perfect
| I | would have wassailed |
| you | would have wassailed |
| he;she;it | would have wassailed |
| we | would have wassailed |
| you | would have wassailed |
| they | would have wassailed |
Imperative
| you | wassail |
| we | Let's wassail |
| you | wassail |
Verbs conjugated like 'wassail'
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 'wassail'
assail,
assaile,
assain,
assoil,
daysail,
reassail,
vassal,
abseil,
assart,
assault,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1140, from O.N. ves heill "be healthy," a salutation, from ves, imperative of vesa "to be" (see was) + heill "healthy" (see health). Use as a drinking phrase appears to have arisen among Danes in England and spread to native inhabitants. A similar formation appears in O.E. wes þu hal, but this is not recorded as a drinking salutation. Sense extended c.1300 to "liquor in which healths were drunk," especially spiced ale used in Christmas Eve celebrations. Meaning "a carousal, reveling" first attested 1602. Wassailing "custom of going caroling house to house at Christmas time" is recorded from 1742.
2. From Middle English wassail, from Old Norse ves heill (“be healthy!”), from the imperative of vesa (“to be”) + heill (“healthy”). The earliest documented use of the term is from the first part of the 12th century CE, in Geoffroy of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (see page's citations).
Sample Sentences
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The next morning he much regretted the gusto with which he had wassailed the night before.
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Schoolchildren around the globe have gleefully sung Torches at Christmastime for half a century. Many of those in Birmingham have wassailed the carol at the front door of a cosy Victorian house in Moseley, unaware that behind that front door lives its composer. [2002 February 21, Christopher Morley, “Culture: Children carry a torch for carol king; John Joubert will be 75 next month”, in The Birmingham Post:]
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During the Christmas season, carolers traveled from house to house, bringing good wishes and carrying an empty bowl. The master of the house being wassailed was expected to fill the bowl with hot, spicy ale. [2006, Ronald M. Clancy, Best-Loved Christmas Carols: The Stories Behind Twenty-Five Yuletide Favorites, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., published 2006, →ISBN, page 81:]
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"I wish someone would come to my house and wassail!" Jessica P. of Howland said. [2010 December 26, Burton Cole, “Holiday mysteries to roast in your wassail”, in Tribune Chronicle:]