Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ray
Participle: rayed
Gerund: raying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ray |
| you | ray |
| he;she;it | rays |
| we | ray |
| you | ray |
| they | ray |
Perfect
| I | have rayed |
| you | have rayed |
| he;she;it | has rayed |
| we | have rayed |
| you | have rayed |
| they | have rayed |
Past
| I | rayed |
| you | rayed |
| he;she;it | rayed |
| we | rayed |
| you | rayed |
| they | rayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had rayed |
| you | had rayed |
| he;she;it | had rayed |
| we | had rayed |
| you | had rayed |
| they | had rayed |
Future
| I | will ray |
| you | will ray |
| he;she;it | will ray |
| we | will ray |
| you | will ray |
| they | will ray |
Future Perfect
| I | will have rayed |
| you | will have rayed |
| he;she;it | will have rayed |
| we | will have rayed |
| you | will have rayed |
| they | will have rayed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ray |
| you | ray |
| he;she;it | ray |
| we | ray |
| you | ray |
| they | ray |
Perfect
| I | have rayed |
| you | have rayed |
| he;she;it | have rayed |
| we | have rayed |
| you | have rayed |
| they | have rayed |
Imperfect
| I | rayed |
| you | rayed |
| he;she;it | rayed |
| we | rayed |
| you | rayed |
| they | rayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had rayed |
| you | had rayed |
| he;she;it | had rayed |
| we | had rayed |
| you | had rayed |
| they | had rayed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ray |
| you | would ray |
| he;she;it | would ray |
| we | would ray |
| you | would ray |
| they | would ray |
Perfect
| I | would have rayed |
| you | would have rayed |
| he;she;it | would have rayed |
| we | would have rayed |
| you | would have rayed |
| they | would have rayed |
Imperative
| you | ray |
| we | Let's ray |
| you | ray |
Verbs conjugated like 'ray'
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 'ray'
bay,
bray,
day,
fay,
fray,
gay,
gray,
hay,
lay,
may,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Via Middle English, borrowed from Old French rai, from Latin radius (“staff, stake, spoke”). Doublet of radius.
Sample Sentences
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He was one of the unthanked benefactors of his race, who was patiently teaching and serving mankind, whilst they were shrinking from his coldness, or mocking his peculiarities. He could not sing for them a sweet song, or create a “thing of beauty” which should be “a joy for ever,” or touch their hearts, or fire their spirits, or deepen their reverence or their fervour. He was not a Poet, a Priest, or a Prophet, but only a cold, clear Intelligence, raying down pure white light, which brightened everything on which it fell, but warmed nothing—a Star of at least the second, if not of the first magnitude, in the Intellectual Firmament. [1851, George Wilson, The Life of the Hon. Henry Cavendish, page 186:]
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I had no particular woman in my mind; certainly never intended to personify wisdom, philosophy, or any other abstraction; and the orb, raying colour out of whiteness, was altogether a fancy of my own. [1889, Robert Browning, letter to Dr. Furnivall:]
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Rats' eyes with ulcus serpens were successfully treated; one second of raying stopped the progress of the ulcer, which healed uninterruptedly. [1928, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, page 219:]