Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rivet
Participle: riveted
Gerund: riveting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rivet |
| you | rivet |
| he;she;it | rivets |
| we | rivet |
| you | rivet |
| they | rivet |
Perfect
| I | have riveted |
| you | have riveted |
| he;she;it | has riveted |
| we | have riveted |
| you | have riveted |
| they | have riveted |
Past
| I | riveted |
| you | riveted |
| he;she;it | riveted |
| we | riveted |
| you | riveted |
| they | riveted |
Pluperfect
| I | had riveted |
| you | had riveted |
| he;she;it | had riveted |
| we | had riveted |
| you | had riveted |
| they | had riveted |
Future
| I | will rivet |
| you | will rivet |
| he;she;it | will rivet |
| we | will rivet |
| you | will rivet |
| they | will rivet |
Future Perfect
| I | will have riveted |
| you | will have riveted |
| he;she;it | will have riveted |
| we | will have riveted |
| you | will have riveted |
| they | will have riveted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rivet |
| you | rivet |
| he;she;it | rivet |
| we | rivet |
| you | rivet |
| they | rivet |
Perfect
| I | have riveted |
| you | have riveted |
| he;she;it | have riveted |
| we | have riveted |
| you | have riveted |
| they | have riveted |
Imperfect
| I | riveted |
| you | riveted |
| he;she;it | riveted |
| we | riveted |
| you | riveted |
| they | riveted |
Pluperfect
| I | had riveted |
| you | had riveted |
| he;she;it | had riveted |
| we | had riveted |
| you | had riveted |
| they | had riveted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rivet |
| you | would rivet |
| he;she;it | would rivet |
| we | would rivet |
| you | would rivet |
| they | would rivet |
Perfect
| I | would have riveted |
| you | would have riveted |
| he;she;it | would have riveted |
| we | would have riveted |
| you | would have riveted |
| they | would have riveted |
Imperative
| you | rivet |
| we | Let's rivet |
| you | rivet |
Verbs conjugated like 'rivet'
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 'rivet'
brivet,
civet,
revet,
rive,
rivel,
river,
bive,
brevet,
covet,
diet,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- attract
- capture, absorb, catch, occupy, engage, arrest, secure, fix
Antonyms
- attract
- repel, repulse, estrange, deter
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1400, from O.Fr. rivet, possibly from M.Du. wriven "turn, grind." The Eng. word may be directly from M.Du. The verb is attested from c.1430. Meaning "to command the attention" is from 1602; riveting (adj.) in this sense is from 1854.
2. From Old French rivet (13th century), from the verb Old French river (“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from Old French rive (“rim, edge”) (ca. 1100), which is ultimately from Latin ripa (“riverbank”). Compare river, rival, riparian.
3. The sense "kind of footman's armour" is apparently a back-formation from almain rivet, which is apparently derived from the English noun; see that entry for more.
Sample Sentences
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[1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 6, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, June 1914, →OCLC, furnishings and other contents of the room it was which riveted his attention. He examined many things minutely — strange tools and weapons, books, paper, clothing — what little had withstood the ravages of time in the humid atmosphere of the jungle coast./mode/1up pages The furnishings and other contents of the room it was which riveted his attention. He examined many things minutely — strange tools and weapons, books, paper, clothing — what little had withstood the ravages of time in the humid atmosphere of the jungle coast.:]
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Terror riveted him to the spot.