Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to acupuncture
Participle: acupunctured
Gerund: acupuncturing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | acupuncture |
| you | acupuncture |
| he;she;it | acupunctures |
| we | acupuncture |
| you | acupuncture |
| they | acupuncture |
Perfect
| I | have acupunctured |
| you | have acupunctured |
| he;she;it | has acupunctured |
| we | have acupunctured |
| you | have acupunctured |
| they | have acupunctured |
Past
| I | acupunctured |
| you | acupunctured |
| he;she;it | acupunctured |
| we | acupunctured |
| you | acupunctured |
| they | acupunctured |
Pluperfect
| I | had acupunctured |
| you | had acupunctured |
| he;she;it | had acupunctured |
| we | had acupunctured |
| you | had acupunctured |
| they | had acupunctured |
Future
| I | will acupuncture |
| you | will acupuncture |
| he;she;it | will acupuncture |
| we | will acupuncture |
| you | will acupuncture |
| they | will acupuncture |
Future Perfect
| I | will have acupunctured |
| you | will have acupunctured |
| he;she;it | will have acupunctured |
| we | will have acupunctured |
| you | will have acupunctured |
| they | will have acupunctured |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | acupuncture |
| you | acupuncture |
| he;she;it | acupuncture |
| we | acupuncture |
| you | acupuncture |
| they | acupuncture |
Perfect
| I | have acupunctured |
| you | have acupunctured |
| he;she;it | have acupunctured |
| we | have acupunctured |
| you | have acupunctured |
| they | have acupunctured |
Imperfect
| I | acupunctured |
| you | acupunctured |
| he;she;it | acupunctured |
| we | acupunctured |
| you | acupunctured |
| they | acupunctured |
Pluperfect
| I | had acupunctured |
| you | had acupunctured |
| he;she;it | had acupunctured |
| we | had acupunctured |
| you | had acupunctured |
| they | had acupunctured |
Conditional
Present
| I | would acupuncture |
| you | would acupuncture |
| he;she;it | would acupuncture |
| we | would acupuncture |
| you | would acupuncture |
| they | would acupuncture |
Perfect
| I | would have acupunctured |
| you | would have acupunctured |
| he;she;it | would have acupunctured |
| we | would have acupunctured |
| you | would have acupunctured |
| they | would have acupunctured |
Imperative
| you | acupuncture |
| we | Let's acupuncture |
| you | acupuncture |
Verbs conjugated like 'acupuncture'
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 'acupuncture'
acupunctuate,
puncture,
acculture,
cincture,
cryopuncture,
micropuncture,
venipuncture,
acuminate,
adventure,
aventure,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.
3. Proto-Italic *akus
4. Latin acus
5. Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der.
6. Proto-Italic *pungō
7. Latin pungō
8. Latin pūnctus
9. Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
10. Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
11. Latin -tūra
12. Latin pūnctūra
13. New Latin acūpūnctūralbor.
14. English acupuncture
15. Learned borrowing from New Latin acūpūnctūra, from Latin acus + pūnctūra. First attested in 1684. By surface analysis, acu- + puncture.
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