Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prime
Participle: primed
Gerund: priming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | prime |
| you | prime |
| he;she;it | primes |
| we | prime |
| you | prime |
| they | prime |
Perfect
| I | have primed |
| you | have primed |
| he;she;it | has primed |
| we | have primed |
| you | have primed |
| they | have primed |
Past
| I | primed |
| you | primed |
| he;she;it | primed |
| we | primed |
| you | primed |
| they | primed |
Pluperfect
| I | had primed |
| you | had primed |
| he;she;it | had primed |
| we | had primed |
| you | had primed |
| they | had primed |
Future
| I | will prime |
| you | will prime |
| he;she;it | will prime |
| we | will prime |
| you | will prime |
| they | will prime |
Future Perfect
| I | will have primed |
| you | will have primed |
| he;she;it | will have primed |
| we | will have primed |
| you | will have primed |
| they | will have primed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prime |
| you | prime |
| he;she;it | prime |
| we | prime |
| you | prime |
| they | prime |
Perfect
| I | have primed |
| you | have primed |
| he;she;it | have primed |
| we | have primed |
| you | have primed |
| they | have primed |
Imperfect
| I | primed |
| you | primed |
| he;she;it | primed |
| we | primed |
| you | primed |
| they | primed |
Pluperfect
| I | had primed |
| you | had primed |
| he;she;it | had primed |
| we | had primed |
| you | had primed |
| they | had primed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prime |
| you | would prime |
| he;she;it | would prime |
| we | would prime |
| you | would prime |
| they | would prime |
Perfect
| I | would have primed |
| you | would have primed |
| he;she;it | would have primed |
| we | would have primed |
| you | would have primed |
| they | would have primed |
Imperative
| you | prime |
| we | Let's prime |
| you | prime |
Verbs conjugated like 'prime'
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 'prime'
crime,
grime,
price,
pride,
prie,
prim,
primp,
prise,
prize,
rime,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to fill, charge, load" (a weapon), 1513, probably from prime (adj.) (q.v.). Primer "explosive cap" is from 1819.
2. Related to primage and Latin prīmus.
Sample Sentences
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You'll have to press this button twice to prime the fuel pump.
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I need to prime these handrails before we can apply the finish coat.
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Nights baſhfull Empreſſe, though ſhe often wayne, / As oft repents her darkneſſe ; primes againe ; / And with her circling Hornes does re-embrace / Her brothers wealth, and orbs her ſilver face. [1634, Francis Quarles, “My Soule Hath Desired Thee in the Night”, in Emblemes, London: G. M., published 1635, book III, page 129:]
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Although we took our eight bogies along to Whitstable at 60 m.p.h., and made a clean start from there, after Herne Bay the engine primed badly on Blacksole Bank and nearly stopped before we got over the top. Then we ran like the wind across the marshes with half-regulator, 30 per cent cut-off, and the engine blowing off. [1959 April, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Southern in Trouble on the Kent Coast”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 220:]
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The boys are primed for mischief.
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“He’s priming himself,” Osborne whispered to Dobbin, and at length the hour and the carriage arrived for Vauxhall. [1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Dobbin of Ours”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 42:]
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to prime a witness
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to prime trees