Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to speel
Participle: speeled
Gerund: speeling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | speel |
| you | speel |
| he;she;it | speels |
| we | speel |
| you | speel |
| they | speel |
Perfect
| I | have speeled |
| you | have speeled |
| he;she;it | has speeled |
| we | have speeled |
| you | have speeled |
| they | have speeled |
Past
| I | speeled |
| you | speeled |
| he;she;it | speeled |
| we | speeled |
| you | speeled |
| they | speeled |
Pluperfect
| I | had speeled |
| you | had speeled |
| he;she;it | had speeled |
| we | had speeled |
| you | had speeled |
| they | had speeled |
Future
| I | will speel |
| you | will speel |
| he;she;it | will speel |
| we | will speel |
| you | will speel |
| they | will speel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have speeled |
| you | will have speeled |
| he;she;it | will have speeled |
| we | will have speeled |
| you | will have speeled |
| they | will have speeled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | speel |
| you | speel |
| he;she;it | speel |
| we | speel |
| you | speel |
| they | speel |
Perfect
| I | have speeled |
| you | have speeled |
| he;she;it | have speeled |
| we | have speeled |
| you | have speeled |
| they | have speeled |
Imperfect
| I | speeled |
| you | speeled |
| he;she;it | speeled |
| we | speeled |
| you | speeled |
| they | speeled |
Pluperfect
| I | had speeled |
| you | had speeled |
| he;she;it | had speeled |
| we | had speeled |
| you | had speeled |
| they | had speeled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would speel |
| you | would speel |
| he;she;it | would speel |
| we | would speel |
| you | would speel |
| they | would speel |
Perfect
| I | would have speeled |
| you | would have speeled |
| he;she;it | would have speeled |
| we | would have speeled |
| you | would have speeled |
| they | would have speeled |
Imperative
| you | speel |
| we | Let's speel |
| you | speel |
Verbs conjugated like 'speel'
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 'speel'
peel,
seel,
speed,
speer,
speet,
spell,
spiel,
steel,
appel,
creel,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Early Scots speill (“to climb”), of obscure origin. From or akin to Early Scots spelare (“acrobat, tumbler”). Probably from Middle Dutch spelen (“to play, walk a tight rope, do gymnastic tricks, juggle, perform as an actor or clown”), see spiel. Alternately, representing a continuation of Middle English spilen, from Old English spilian (“to play”). See: Middle English '
spilen', Old English '
spilian'.
Sample Sentences
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1832 March 5, Memoirs of a Paisley Baillie, The Day: A Journal of Literature, Fine Arts, Fashions, &c., Glasgow, page 218,
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This I thocht at the time when he was speeling up the ladder before me in the Hie Kirk steeple ; but good breeding, at that particular time, keeped me from taking ony correck view of how things stood in that quarter.
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They were catched speeling up the lamp-posts and taking oot the cruizes and drinking the ulye, wick and a′. [1841, “Humorous Traits of an Old Highland Gentleman”, in Chambers′ Edinburgh Journal, Volume 9, Numbers 317-318, page 94:]
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1860, Hugh MacDonald, Days at the Coast: A Series of Sketches Descriptive of the Firth of Clyde, Glasgow, page 255,
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There is a comfortable inn at this picturesque spot, where those who purpose speeling the lofty Ben generally prepare for their arduous undertaking.