Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to riot
Participle: rioted
Gerund: rioting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | riot |
| you | riot |
| he;she;it | riots |
| we | riot |
| you | riot |
| they | riot |
Perfect
| I | have rioted |
| you | have rioted |
| he;she;it | has rioted |
| we | have rioted |
| you | have rioted |
| they | have rioted |
Past
| I | rioted |
| you | rioted |
| he;she;it | rioted |
| we | rioted |
| you | rioted |
| they | rioted |
Pluperfect
| I | had rioted |
| you | had rioted |
| he;she;it | had rioted |
| we | had rioted |
| you | had rioted |
| they | had rioted |
Future
| I | will riot |
| you | will riot |
| he;she;it | will riot |
| we | will riot |
| you | will riot |
| they | will riot |
Future Perfect
| I | will have rioted |
| you | will have rioted |
| he;she;it | will have rioted |
| we | will have rioted |
| you | will have rioted |
| they | will have rioted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | riot |
| you | riot |
| he;she;it | riot |
| we | riot |
| you | riot |
| they | riot |
Perfect
| I | have rioted |
| you | have rioted |
| he;she;it | have rioted |
| we | have rioted |
| you | have rioted |
| they | have rioted |
Imperfect
| I | rioted |
| you | rioted |
| he;she;it | rioted |
| we | rioted |
| you | rioted |
| they | rioted |
Pluperfect
| I | had rioted |
| you | had rioted |
| he;she;it | had rioted |
| we | had rioted |
| you | had rioted |
| they | had rioted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would riot |
| you | would riot |
| he;she;it | would riot |
| we | would riot |
| you | would riot |
| they | would riot |
Perfect
| I | would have rioted |
| you | would have rioted |
| he;she;it | would have rioted |
| we | would have rioted |
| you | would have rioted |
| they | would have rioted |
Imperative
| you | riot |
| we | Let's riot |
| you | riot |
Verbs conjugated like 'riot'
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 'riot'
rift,
rit,
ritt,
root,
rot,
airt,
bit,
bitt,
blot,
boot,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English riot (“debauched living, dissipation”), from Old French riote (“debate”), from rioter (“to quarrel”), perhaps related to riboter or from Latin rugio (“to roar”).
2. Compare French riotte and Occitan riòta. See: Latin '
rugio'.
Sample Sentences
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The nuclear protesters rioted outside the military base.
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Now he exact of all, wastes in delight, / Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law. [1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:]
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[1717, Alexander Pope, “Eloisa to Abelard”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC:]
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Think of the insults, wrongs, and contumelies, / Ye bear from your proud lords—that your hard toil / Manures their fertile fields—you plow the earth, / You sow the corn, you reap the ripen'd harvest,— / They riot on the produce!— […] [1794, Robert Southey, Wat Tyler. A Dramatic Poem. In Three Acts, London: J[ohn] M‘Creery, […] for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, […], published 1817, →OCLC, Act I, page 21:]