Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to raff
Participle: raffed
Gerund: raffing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | raff |
| you | raff |
| he;she;it | raffs |
| we | raff |
| you | raff |
| they | raff |
Perfect
| I | have raffed |
| you | have raffed |
| he;she;it | has raffed |
| we | have raffed |
| you | have raffed |
| they | have raffed |
Past
| I | raffed |
| you | raffed |
| he;she;it | raffed |
| we | raffed |
| you | raffed |
| they | raffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had raffed |
| you | had raffed |
| he;she;it | had raffed |
| we | had raffed |
| you | had raffed |
| they | had raffed |
Future
| I | will raff |
| you | will raff |
| he;she;it | will raff |
| we | will raff |
| you | will raff |
| they | will raff |
Future Perfect
| I | will have raffed |
| you | will have raffed |
| he;she;it | will have raffed |
| we | will have raffed |
| you | will have raffed |
| they | will have raffed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | raff |
| you | raff |
| he;she;it | raff |
| we | raff |
| you | raff |
| they | raff |
Perfect
| I | have raffed |
| you | have raffed |
| he;she;it | have raffed |
| we | have raffed |
| you | have raffed |
| they | have raffed |
Imperfect
| I | raffed |
| you | raffed |
| he;she;it | raffed |
| we | raffed |
| you | raffed |
| they | raffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had raffed |
| you | had raffed |
| he;she;it | had raffed |
| we | had raffed |
| you | had raffed |
| they | had raffed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would raff |
| you | would raff |
| he;she;it | would raff |
| we | would raff |
| you | would raff |
| they | would raff |
Perfect
| I | would have raffed |
| you | would have raffed |
| he;she;it | would have raffed |
| we | would have raffed |
| you | would have raffed |
| they | would have raffed |
Imperative
| you | raff |
| we | Let's raff |
| you | raff |
Verbs conjugated like 'raff'
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 'raff'
baff,
daff,
faff,
gaff,
graff,
laff,
raft,
riff,
ruff,
waff,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English raf, from Old French raffer, of Germanic origin; compare German raffen, akin to rap (“to snatch”). Compare riffraff, rip (“to tear”). See: German, old spelling '
raffen'.
Sample Sentences
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Causes and effects which I thus raffe up together. [1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC:]
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they felt no effect of the storm which was raffing at Madrass [1861, Robert Orme, A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan/Volume 1/Book 1:]
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the summer wind flows aloft through the tree-tops, or raffs the last year's leaves in the pits between the gnarled roots [1898 June 2, The Independent (New York City), We Will Make Holiday:]