Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cell
Participle: celled
Gerund: celling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cell |
| you | cell |
| he;she;it | cells |
| we | cell |
| you | cell |
| they | cell |
Perfect
| I | have celled |
| you | have celled |
| he;she;it | has celled |
| we | have celled |
| you | have celled |
| they | have celled |
Past
| I | celled |
| you | celled |
| he;she;it | celled |
| we | celled |
| you | celled |
| they | celled |
Pluperfect
| I | had celled |
| you | had celled |
| he;she;it | had celled |
| we | had celled |
| you | had celled |
| they | had celled |
Future
| I | will cell |
| you | will cell |
| he;she;it | will cell |
| we | will cell |
| you | will cell |
| they | will cell |
Future Perfect
| I | will have celled |
| you | will have celled |
| he;she;it | will have celled |
| we | will have celled |
| you | will have celled |
| they | will have celled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cell |
| you | cell |
| he;she;it | cell |
| we | cell |
| you | cell |
| they | cell |
Perfect
| I | have celled |
| you | have celled |
| he;she;it | have celled |
| we | have celled |
| you | have celled |
| they | have celled |
Imperfect
| I | celled |
| you | celled |
| he;she;it | celled |
| we | celled |
| you | celled |
| they | celled |
Pluperfect
| I | had celled |
| you | had celled |
| he;she;it | had celled |
| we | had celled |
| you | had celled |
| they | had celled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cell |
| you | would cell |
| he;she;it | would cell |
| we | would cell |
| you | would cell |
| they | would cell |
Perfect
| I | would have celled |
| you | would have celled |
| he;she;it | would have celled |
| we | would have celled |
| you | would have celled |
| they | would have celled |
Imperative
| you | cell |
| we | Let's cell |
| you | cell |
Verbs conjugated like 'cell'
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 'cell'
bell,
call,
ceil,
coll,
cull,
fell,
hell,
jell,
mell,
pell,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1131, "small room," from L. cella "small room, hut," related to L. celare "to hide, conceal," from PIE base *kel- "conceal" (cf. Skt. cala "hut, house, hall;" Gk. kalia "hut, nest," kalyptein "to cover," koleon "sheath," kelyphos "shell, husk;" L. cella "store room," clam "secret;" O.Ir. cuile "cellar," celim "hide," M.Ir. cul "defense, shelter;" Goth. hulistr "covering," O.E. heolstor "lurking-hole, cave, covering," Goth. huljan "cover over," hulundi "hole," hilms "helmet," halja "hell," O.E. hol "cave," holu "husk, pod"). Earliest sense is for monastic rooms, then prison rooms (1722). Used in biology 17c., but not in modern sense until 1845. Meaning "small group of people working within a larger organization" is from 1925. Cellphone is from 1984.
2. From Middle English celle, selle, from Old English cell (attested in inflected forms), from Latin cella (“chamber, small room, compartment”), later reinforced by Old French cel, sele, Old French cele. Ultimately from Proto-Italic *kelnā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). Doublet of cella and hall.
Sample Sentences
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Myself a recluse from the world, And celled under ground, Lest that the gould, the precious stones, And pleasures, here be found [1586, William Warner, Albion's England:]