Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to alum
Participle: alummed
Gerund: alumming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | alum |
| you | alum |
| he;she;it | alums |
| we | alum |
| you | alum |
| they | alum |
Perfect
| I | have alummed |
| you | have alummed |
| he;she;it | has alummed |
| we | have alummed |
| you | have alummed |
| they | have alummed |
Past
| I | alummed |
| you | alummed |
| he;she;it | alummed |
| we | alummed |
| you | alummed |
| they | alummed |
Pluperfect
| I | had alummed |
| you | had alummed |
| he;she;it | had alummed |
| we | had alummed |
| you | had alummed |
| they | had alummed |
Future
| I | will alum |
| you | will alum |
| he;she;it | will alum |
| we | will alum |
| you | will alum |
| they | will alum |
Future Perfect
| I | will have alummed |
| you | will have alummed |
| he;she;it | will have alummed |
| we | will have alummed |
| you | will have alummed |
| they | will have alummed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | alum |
| you | alum |
| he;she;it | alum |
| we | alum |
| you | alum |
| they | alum |
Perfect
| I | have alummed |
| you | have alummed |
| he;she;it | have alummed |
| we | have alummed |
| you | have alummed |
| they | have alummed |
Imperfect
| I | alummed |
| you | alummed |
| he;she;it | alummed |
| we | alummed |
| you | alummed |
| they | alummed |
Pluperfect
| I | had alummed |
| you | had alummed |
| he;she;it | had alummed |
| we | had alummed |
| you | had alummed |
| they | had alummed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would alum |
| you | would alum |
| he;she;it | would alum |
| we | would alum |
| you | would alum |
| they | would alum |
Perfect
| I | would have alummed |
| you | would have alummed |
| he;she;it | would have alummed |
| we | would have alummed |
| you | would have alummed |
| they | would have alummed |
Imperative
| you | alum |
| we | Let's alum |
| you | alum |
Verbs conjugated like 'alum'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'alum'
glum,
plum,
slum,
abut,
abuy,
ague,
aim,
alarm,
alarum,
ally,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
4. Proto-Italic *-mn̥
5. Latin -men
6. Latin alūmen
7. Anglo-Norman alum, alunbor.
8. Middle English alym, alyme, alum
9. English alum
10. From Middle English alum, alym, alyme, from Anglo-Norman alum, alun, from Latin alūmen.
Sample Sentences
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The silk should be boiled at the rate of 20 parts of soap per cent. , and then alumed. The aluming need not be so strong as for the fine crimson [1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines:]
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After drying, the cloth was alumed and finally dyed. [1979, Kax Wilson, A History of Textiles, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 90:]