Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stale
Participle: staled
Gerund: staling
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | stale |
| you | stale |
| he;she;it | stales |
| we | stale |
| you | stale |
| they | stale |
Perfect
| I | have staled |
| you | have staled |
| he;she;it | has staled |
| we | have staled |
| you | have staled |
| they | have staled |
Past
| I | staled |
| you | staled |
| he;she;it | staled |
| we | staled |
| you | staled |
| they | staled |
Pluperfect
| I | had staled |
| you | had staled |
| he;she;it | had staled |
| we | had staled |
| you | had staled |
| they | had staled |
Future
| I | will stale |
| you | will stale |
| he;she;it | will stale |
| we | will stale |
| you | will stale |
| they | will stale |
Future Perfect
| I | will have staled |
| you | will have staled |
| he;she;it | will have staled |
| we | will have staled |
| you | will have staled |
| they | will have staled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stale |
| you | stale |
| he;she;it | stale |
| we | stale |
| you | stale |
| they | stale |
Perfect
| I | have staled |
| you | have staled |
| he;she;it | have staled |
| we | have staled |
| you | have staled |
| they | have staled |
Imperfect
| I | staled |
| you | staled |
| he;she;it | staled |
| we | staled |
| you | staled |
| they | staled |
Pluperfect
| I | had staled |
| you | had staled |
| he;she;it | had staled |
| we | had staled |
| you | had staled |
| they | had staled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stale |
| you | would stale |
| he;she;it | would stale |
| we | would stale |
| you | would stale |
| they | would stale |
Perfect
| I | would have staled |
| you | would have staled |
| he;she;it | would have staled |
| we | would have staled |
| you | would have staled |
| they | would have staled |
Imperative
| you | stale |
| we | Let's stale |
| you | stale |
Verbs conjugated like 'stale'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'stale'
sale,
scale,
shale,
stable,
stage,
stake,
stalk,
stall,
staple,
stare,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English stale, from Old French estal (“fixed position, place”), but probably originally from Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”): compare West Flemish stel in the same sense for ‘beer’ and ‘urine’. See: Proto-Germanic '
*stāną'.
Sample Sentences
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Ile goe tell all the Argument of his Play aforehand, and so stale his Inuention to the Auditory before it come foorth. [1601, Ben Jonson, Fountaine of Self-love, section 36:]
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Not content To stale himselfe in all societies, He makes my house as common as a Mart. [1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act I, scene iv:]
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Age cannot wither her, nor custome stale Her infinite variety. [c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], line 241:]
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Pictures and statues have been staled by copy and description. [1863, W. W. Story, Roba di Roma, I i 7:]
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They have got so much of Christ as to be staled of his company. [1717, E. Erskine, Serm. in Wks., 50 1:]
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Philanthropy was beginning to stale. [1893, “Q”, in Delectable Duchy, section 325:]
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Vi's penchant for puns had struck him as cute when he first met her, but it had staled somewhat over the years. [1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:]
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The Drink from that Time flattens and stales. [1742, W. Ellis, London & Country Brewer, 4th edition, I 64:]
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Stalyn, or make stale drynke, defeco. [c. 1440, Promp. Parv., 472 1:]
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A stock of old porter should be kept, sufficient for staling the consumption of twelve months. [1826, Art of Brewing, second edition, 106:]