Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to onfall
Participle: onfalled
Gerund: onfalling
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | onfall |
| you | onfall |
| he;she;it | onfalls |
| we | onfall |
| you | onfall |
| they | onfall |
Perfect
| I | have onfalled |
| you | have onfalled |
| he;she;it | has onfalled |
| we | have onfalled |
| you | have onfalled |
| they | have onfalled |
Past
| I | onfalled |
| you | onfalled |
| he;she;it | onfalled |
| we | onfalled |
| you | onfalled |
| they | onfalled |
Pluperfect
| I | had onfalled |
| you | had onfalled |
| he;she;it | had onfalled |
| we | had onfalled |
| you | had onfalled |
| they | had onfalled |
Future
| I | will onfall |
| you | will onfall |
| he;she;it | will onfall |
| we | will onfall |
| you | will onfall |
| they | will onfall |
Future Perfect
| I | will have onfalled |
| you | will have onfalled |
| he;she;it | will have onfalled |
| we | will have onfalled |
| you | will have onfalled |
| they | will have onfalled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | onfall |
| you | onfall |
| he;she;it | onfall |
| we | onfall |
| you | onfall |
| they | onfall |
Perfect
| I | have onfalled |
| you | have onfalled |
| he;she;it | have onfalled |
| we | have onfalled |
| you | have onfalled |
| they | have onfalled |
Imperfect
| I | onfalled |
| you | onfalled |
| he;she;it | onfalled |
| we | onfalled |
| you | onfalled |
| they | onfalled |
Pluperfect
| I | had onfalled |
| you | had onfalled |
| he;she;it | had onfalled |
| we | had onfalled |
| you | had onfalled |
| they | had onfalled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would onfall |
| you | would onfall |
| he;she;it | would onfall |
| we | would onfall |
| you | would onfall |
| they | would onfall |
Perfect
| I | would have onfalled |
| you | would have onfalled |
| he;she;it | would have onfalled |
| we | would have onfalled |
| you | would have onfalled |
| they | would have onfalled |
Imperative
| you | onfall |
| we | Let's onfall |
| you | onfall |
Verbs conjugated like 'onfall'
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 'onfall'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to apply violent force to a person or object
- abuse, aggress, assault, attack, beat, beleaguer, bepommel, beset, besiege, bombard, charge, dust up, fall on, fall upon, hit, impugn, invade, lay into, lay siege, let someone have it, light into, onset, overrun, pommel, pound, rush, set the dogs upon, set upon, storm, strike, strike at, wap, whap
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English onfal, onfalle, equivalent to on- + fall. Cognate with Dutch aanval (“an attack, assault”), German Anfall (“an attack, seizure, fit”), Swedish anfall (“an attack, offensive, assault”). Compare also Middle English onfallynge (“an onslaught, attack”).
Sample Sentences
-
[...] have been formed and ripened in large numbers, especially on the shaded ower sides of the leaves, the mycelium is practically exhausted, and as these processes are completed towards the end of the summer, the leaf so onfalls. [1889, Harry Marshall Ward, Diseases of plants:]
-
'the temple caught fire from the onfallen lightning' [...] [1992, Edgar C. Polomé, Werner Winter, Reconstructing languages and cultures:]
-
Quasivertical and quasihorizontal faults filled with crushed rocks can substantially change the amplitude of a seismic wave behind the fault in comparison with the amplitude of an onfalling wave [...] [2008, V. V. Adushkin, Ivan Nemchinov, Catastrophic events caused by cosmic objects:]