Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stum
Participle: stummed
Gerund: stumming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | stum |
| you | stum |
| he;she;it | stums |
| we | stum |
| you | stum |
| they | stum |
Perfect
| I | have stummed |
| you | have stummed |
| he;she;it | has stummed |
| we | have stummed |
| you | have stummed |
| they | have stummed |
Past
| I | stummed |
| you | stummed |
| he;she;it | stummed |
| we | stummed |
| you | stummed |
| they | stummed |
Pluperfect
| I | had stummed |
| you | had stummed |
| he;she;it | had stummed |
| we | had stummed |
| you | had stummed |
| they | had stummed |
Future
| I | will stum |
| you | will stum |
| he;she;it | will stum |
| we | will stum |
| you | will stum |
| they | will stum |
Future Perfect
| I | will have stummed |
| you | will have stummed |
| he;she;it | will have stummed |
| we | will have stummed |
| you | will have stummed |
| they | will have stummed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stum |
| you | stum |
| he;she;it | stum |
| we | stum |
| you | stum |
| they | stum |
Perfect
| I | have stummed |
| you | have stummed |
| he;she;it | have stummed |
| we | have stummed |
| you | have stummed |
| they | have stummed |
Imperfect
| I | stummed |
| you | stummed |
| he;she;it | stummed |
| we | stummed |
| you | stummed |
| they | stummed |
Pluperfect
| I | had stummed |
| you | had stummed |
| he;she;it | had stummed |
| we | had stummed |
| you | had stummed |
| they | had stummed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stum |
| you | would stum |
| he;she;it | would stum |
| we | would stum |
| you | would stum |
| they | would stum |
Perfect
| I | would have stummed |
| you | would have stummed |
| he;she;it | would have stummed |
| we | would have stummed |
| you | would have stummed |
| they | would have stummed |
Imperative
| you | stum |
| we | Let's stum |
| you | stum |
Verbs conjugated like 'stum'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'stum'
scum,
skum,
slum,
soum,
stam,
stem,
stim,
strum,
stub,
stud,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Dutch stom (“unfermented”, literally “mute; dull”). Compare French vin muet, German stummer Wein. Doublet of shtum.
Sample Sentences
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We stum our crude wines […]to renew their spirits. [1696, John Floyer, The praeternatural State of animal Hurnours described by their sensible Qualities:]
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Since I have taken this method with cyder, it has proved more like wine than common drink, but then I racked it off a second and a third time, as soon as it appeared fine, and then stummed the cask that received it the lasttime […] [1789, “Cultivation of the Vine”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 1:]