Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fig
Participle: figged
Gerund: figging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fig |
| you | fig |
| he;she;it | figs |
| we | fig |
| you | fig |
| they | fig |
Perfect
| I | have figged |
| you | have figged |
| he;she;it | has figged |
| we | have figged |
| you | have figged |
| they | have figged |
Past
| I | figged |
| you | figged |
| he;she;it | figged |
| we | figged |
| you | figged |
| they | figged |
Pluperfect
| I | had figged |
| you | had figged |
| he;she;it | had figged |
| we | had figged |
| you | had figged |
| they | had figged |
Future
| I | will fig |
| you | will fig |
| he;she;it | will fig |
| we | will fig |
| you | will fig |
| they | will fig |
Future Perfect
| I | will have figged |
| you | will have figged |
| he;she;it | will have figged |
| we | will have figged |
| you | will have figged |
| they | will have figged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fig |
| you | fig |
| he;she;it | fig |
| we | fig |
| you | fig |
| they | fig |
Perfect
| I | have figged |
| you | have figged |
| he;she;it | have figged |
| we | have figged |
| you | have figged |
| they | have figged |
Imperfect
| I | figged |
| you | figged |
| he;she;it | figged |
| we | figged |
| you | figged |
| they | figged |
Pluperfect
| I | had figged |
| you | had figged |
| he;she;it | had figged |
| we | had figged |
| you | had figged |
| they | had figged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fig |
| you | would fig |
| he;she;it | would fig |
| we | would fig |
| you | would fig |
| they | would fig |
Perfect
| I | would have figged |
| you | would have figged |
| he;she;it | would have figged |
| we | would have figged |
| you | would have figged |
| they | would have figged |
Imperative
| you | fig |
| we | Let's fig |
| you | fig |
Verbs conjugated like 'fig'
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 'fig'
big,
dig,
fag,
fib,
fid,
fin,
fit,
fix,
fiz,
fog,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English fige, fygge (also fyke, from Old English fīc, see fike), borrowed from Anglo-Norman figue, borrowed from Old French figue, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca (“fig”), from Latin fīcus (“fig tree”), from a pre-Indo European language, perhaps Phoenician 𐤐𐤂 (pg, literally “ripe fig”) (compare Biblical Hebrew פַּגָּה (paggâ, “early fallen fig”), Classical Syriac ܦܓܐ (paggāʾ), dialectal Arabic فَجّ (fajj), فِجّ (fijj)). (Another Semitic root (compare Akkadian 𒈠 (tīʾu, literally “fig”)) was borrowed into Ancient Greek as σῦκον (sûkon) (whence English sycophant; Boeotian τῦκον (tûkon)) and Armenian as թուզ (tʻuz).) The soap-making sense derives from the resemblance of the granulations in and texture of the soap to those of a fig. Doublet of fico. See: English '
sycophant', Armenian '
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Sample Sentences
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When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like / The bragging Spaniard. [c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:]
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For filling figged soaps silicate of potash is best adapted, as soda prevents in a measure the proper crystallization. [...] Artificially figged soap [...makes] a very close imitation of the naturally figged soap. [1893, Henry Gathmann, American Soaps, page 204:]
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Figging is usually considered to indicate a good quality of soft soap, but such is really not the case. A first-class soft soap can be made which will not fig, while, on the other hand, a poor soap can be produced which will fig. [1897, The National Provisioner, page 27:]
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In the cold soaps, the water soluble color is added in liquid form after saponification has started. In figged soaps, the color is crutched in after saponification is completed. [1938, Harry Bennett, The Standard Book of Formulas:]