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Conjugate   Listen
verb
Conjugate  v. t.  (past & past part. conjugated; pres. part. conjugating)  
1.
To unite in marriage; to join. (Obs.)
2.
(Gram.) To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumes in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Conjugate" Quotes from Famous Books



... This was exactly as it ought to be, my father said, for Wilfred was to be a clergyman, and when Mr. Polperrow died could be installed into the living. But although Wilfred had the advantage as far as scholarship went, I had the advantage of him in other ways. To save my life I could not conjugate a Latin verb; but I knew every creek and cove on our rockbound coast; and had gone into every cave that honeycombed the cliffs. This was considered exceedingly daring on my part, by those who believed, as many did, that these caves were the nocturnal ...
— Roger Trewinion • Joseph Hocking

... white bear backwards and forwards through half a dozen pages, he closed the book for good an' all,—and in a kind of triumph redelivered it into Trim's hand, with a nod to lay it upon the 'scrutoire, where he found it.—Tristram, said he, shall be made to conjugate every word in the dictionary, backwards and forwards the same way;—every word, Yorick, by this means, you see, is converted into a thesis or an hypothesis;—every thesis and hypothesis have an off-spring of propositions;—and ...
— The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman • Laurence Sterne

... well say inflicted,' said Belle, 'but pray spare me. I do not wish to hear anything about Armenian, especially this evening.' 'Why this evening?' said I. Belle made no answer. 'I will not spare you,' said I; 'this evening I intend to make you conjugate an Armenian verb.' 'Well, be it so,' said Belle; 'for this evening you shall command.' 'To command is hramahyel,' said I. 'Ram her ill, indeed,' said Belle; 'I do not wish to begin with that.' 'No,' said I, 'as we have come to the verbs, ...
— The Romany Rye - A Sequel to 'Lavengro' • George Borrow



Words linked to "Conjugate" :   coupled, compound, merge, solution, blend, meld, conjugation, inflect, fuse, united, biological science, combine, flux, conflate, biology, chemistry, chemical science, conjugate solution, mix



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