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postil

(ˈpɒstɪl)

1. (Bible) a commentary or marginal note, as in a Bible

2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a homily or collection of homilies

vb, -tils, -tiling, -tiled, -tils, -tilling or -tilled

obsolete to annotate (a biblical passage)

[C15 (postille): from Old French postille from Medieval Latin postilla, perhaps from post illa (verba textus), after these words in the text, often the opening phrase of such an annotation]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Postil

collection of homilies, 1566.

postil

Past participle: postiled/postilled
Gerund: postiling/postilling

Imperative
postil
postil

Present
I postil
you postil
he/she/it postils
we postil
you postil
they postil

Preterite
I postiled/postilled
you postiled/postilled
he/she/it postiled/postilled
we postiled/postilled
you postiled/postilled
they postiled/postilled

Present Continuous
I am postiling/postilling
you are postiling/postilling
he/she/it is postiling/postilling
we are postiling/postilling
you are postiling/postilling
they are postiling/postilling

Present Perfect
I have postiled/postilled
you have postiled/postilled
he/she/it has postiled/postilled
we have postiled/postilled
you have postiled/postilled
they have postiled/postilled

Past Continuous
I was postiling/postilling
you were postiling/postilling
he/she/it was postiling/postilling
we were postiling/postilling
you were postiling/postilling
they were postiling/postilling

Past Perfect
I had postiled/postilled
you had postiled/postilled
he/she/it had postiled/postilled
we had postiled/postilled
you had postiled/postilled
they had postiled/postilled

Future
I will postil
you will postil
he/she/it will postil
we will postil
you will postil
they will postil

Future Perfect
I will have postiled/postilled
you will have postiled/postilled
he/she/it will have postiled/postilled
we will have postiled/postilled
you will have postiled/postilled
they will have postiled/postilled

Future Continuous
I will be postiling/postilling
you will be postiling/postilling
he/she/it will be postiling/postilling
we will be postiling/postilling
you will be postiling/postilling
they will be postiling/postilling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been postiling/postilling
you have been postiling/postilling
he/she/it has been postiling/postilling
we have been postiling/postilling
you have been postiling/postilling
they have been postiling/postilling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been postiling/postilling
you will have been postiling/postilling
he/she/it will have been postiling/postilling
we will have been postiling/postilling
you will have been postiling/postilling
they will have been postiling/postilling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been postiling/postilling
you had been postiling/postilling
he/she/it had been postiling/postilling
we had been postiling/postilling
you had been postiling/postilling
they had been postiling/postilling

Conditional
I would postil
you would postil
he/she/it would postil
we would postil
you would postil
they would postil

Past Conditional
I would have postiled/postilled
you would have postiled/postilled
he/she/it would have postiled/postilled
we would have postiled/postilled
you would have postiled/postilled
they would have postiled/postilled

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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