Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to colly
Participle: collied
Gerund: collying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | colly |
| you | colly |
| he;she;it | collies |
| we | colly |
| you | colly |
| they | colly |
Perfect
| I | have collied |
| you | have collied |
| he;she;it | has collied |
| we | have collied |
| you | have collied |
| they | have collied |
Past
| I | collied |
| you | collied |
| he;she;it | collied |
| we | collied |
| you | collied |
| they | collied |
Pluperfect
| I | had collied |
| you | had collied |
| he;she;it | had collied |
| we | had collied |
| you | had collied |
| they | had collied |
Future
| I | will colly |
| you | will colly |
| he;she;it | will colly |
| we | will colly |
| you | will colly |
| they | will colly |
Future Perfect
| I | will have collied |
| you | will have collied |
| he;she;it | will have collied |
| we | will have collied |
| you | will have collied |
| they | will have collied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | colly |
| you | colly |
| he;she;it | colly |
| we | colly |
| you | colly |
| they | colly |
Perfect
| I | have collied |
| you | have collied |
| he;she;it | have collied |
| we | have collied |
| you | have collied |
| they | have collied |
Imperfect
| I | collied |
| you | collied |
| he;she;it | collied |
| we | collied |
| you | collied |
| they | collied |
Pluperfect
| I | had collied |
| you | had collied |
| he;she;it | had collied |
| we | had collied |
| you | had collied |
| they | had collied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would colly |
| you | would colly |
| he;she;it | would colly |
| we | would colly |
| you | would colly |
| they | would colly |
Perfect
| I | would have collied |
| you | would have collied |
| he;she;it | would have collied |
| we | would have collied |
| you | would have collied |
| they | would have collied |
Imperative
| you | colly |
| we | Let's colly |
| you | colly |
Verbs conjugated like 'colly'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'colly'
coll,
cully,
dolly,
golly,
jolly,
ally,
belly,
boll,
bully,
call,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English *colien, variant of *colwen (attested in Middle English colwed and colwinge), from Old English *colgian. More at collow.
Sample Sentences
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Thou hast not collied thy face enough, stinkard [1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene iv:]
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Brief as the lighting in the collied night. [c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:]
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Not as I could find i' my heart to let him stay i' the coal-hole more nor a minute, but it was enough to colly him all over. . . . [1861, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XIV, in Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:]