Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dapple
Participle: dappled
Gerund: dappling
Indicative
Present
| I | dapple |
| you | dapple |
| he;she;it | dapples |
| we | dapple |
| you | dapple |
| they | dapple |
Perfect
| I | have dappled |
| you | have dappled |
| he;she;it | has dappled |
| we | have dappled |
| you | have dappled |
| they | have dappled |
Past
| I | dappled |
| you | dappled |
| he;she;it | dappled |
| we | dappled |
| you | dappled |
| they | dappled |
Pluperfect
| I | had dappled |
| you | had dappled |
| he;she;it | had dappled |
| we | had dappled |
| you | had dappled |
| they | had dappled |
Future
| I | will dapple |
| you | will dapple |
| he;she;it | will dapple |
| we | will dapple |
| you | will dapple |
| they | will dapple |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dappled |
| you | will have dappled |
| he;she;it | will have dappled |
| we | will have dappled |
| you | will have dappled |
| they | will have dappled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dapple |
| you | dapple |
| he;she;it | dapple |
| we | dapple |
| you | dapple |
| they | dapple |
Perfect
| I | have dappled |
| you | have dappled |
| he;she;it | have dappled |
| we | have dappled |
| you | have dappled |
| they | have dappled |
Imperfect
| I | dappled |
| you | dappled |
| he;she;it | dappled |
| we | dappled |
| you | dappled |
| they | dappled |
Pluperfect
| I | had dappled |
| you | had dappled |
| he;she;it | had dappled |
| we | had dappled |
| you | had dappled |
| they | had dappled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dapple |
| you | would dapple |
| he;she;it | would dapple |
| we | would dapple |
| you | would dapple |
| they | would dapple |
Perfect
| I | would have dappled |
| you | would have dappled |
| he;she;it | would have dappled |
| we | would have dappled |
| you | would have dappled |
| they | would have dappled |
Imperative
| you | dapple |
| we | Let's dapple |
| you | dapple |
Verbs conjugated like 'dapple'
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 'dapple'
apple,
apply,
cample,
dabble,
dable,
daddle,
dadle,
daggle,
daidle,
dampne,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Uncertain. The adjective is first attested circa 1550 though the first element is already attested in dapple-grey as early as 1386, in Middle English, and later as dappled circa 1400; the OED suggests either:
2. * a back-formation from dapple-grey, itself a variant of apple-grey, compare possible cognates all said of horses: Old Norse apalgrár (whence Norwegian abildgrå and Swedish apel-grå), German apfelgrau. Compare also French pommelé (“dappled”), from pomme (“an apple”); or,
3. * a relation with Icelandic depill (“a dot, spot”).
4. The noun and verb are both later attested likely as back-formations. See: Swedish '
apel-grå'.
Sample Sentences
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Jt ſeemes it is in faſhion vvith you to ſugar your papers vvith Carnation phraſes, and dapple your ſpeeches vvith nevv quodled vvords. [1647, Theodore de la Guard [pseudonym; Nathaniel Ward], The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America. […], London: […] J[ohn] D[ever] & R[obert] I[bbitson] for Stephen Bowtell, […], →OCLC, page 77:]
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dappling black on white with uneven strokes [1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 75:]
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Kris awoke with a start. Sweat dappled his forehead, and he brushed it away. [2006, Ace Edmonds, Bands, Part 2:]