rallied
- 1Simple past and past participle of rally.
Investors rallied as the markets recovered from their early losses.
The troops had rallied around their commander before the final push.
Note
One spelling does double duty: it is the past tense (the market rallied) and the participle after have or be (had rallied, were rallied). The passive works only where rally takes an object. Troops are rallied by an officer, and a friend may be rallied over a blunder in the older, good-humored teasing sense. Prices recovering take no object, so they stay active: shares rallied, never were rallied.
rallied is a form of rally
rally, verb: To come back into orderly arrangement and renew united effort, as scattered troops regroup and assemble. Full entry
- Spelling
- rally → rallied: change y to i, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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