Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to curtsey
Participle: curtseyed
Gerund: curtseying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | curtsey |
| you | curtsey |
| he;she;it | curtseys |
| we | curtsey |
| you | curtsey |
| they | curtsey |
Perfect
| I | have curtseyed |
| you | have curtseyed |
| he;she;it | has curtseyed |
| we | have curtseyed |
| you | have curtseyed |
| they | have curtseyed |
Past
| I | curtseyed |
| you | curtseyed |
| he;she;it | curtseyed |
| we | curtseyed |
| you | curtseyed |
| they | curtseyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had curtseyed |
| you | had curtseyed |
| he;she;it | had curtseyed |
| we | had curtseyed |
| you | had curtseyed |
| they | had curtseyed |
Future
| I | will curtsey |
| you | will curtsey |
| he;she;it | will curtsey |
| we | will curtsey |
| you | will curtsey |
| they | will curtsey |
Future Perfect
| I | will have curtseyed |
| you | will have curtseyed |
| he;she;it | will have curtseyed |
| we | will have curtseyed |
| you | will have curtseyed |
| they | will have curtseyed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | curtsey |
| you | curtsey |
| he;she;it | curtsey |
| we | curtsey |
| you | curtsey |
| they | curtsey |
Perfect
| I | have curtseyed |
| you | have curtseyed |
| he;she;it | have curtseyed |
| we | have curtseyed |
| you | have curtseyed |
| they | have curtseyed |
Imperfect
| I | curtseyed |
| you | curtseyed |
| he;she;it | curtseyed |
| we | curtseyed |
| you | curtseyed |
| they | curtseyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had curtseyed |
| you | had curtseyed |
| he;she;it | had curtseyed |
| we | had curtseyed |
| you | had curtseyed |
| they | had curtseyed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would curtsey |
| you | would curtsey |
| he;she;it | would curtsey |
| we | would curtsey |
| you | would curtsey |
| they | would curtsey |
Perfect
| I | would have curtseyed |
| you | would have curtseyed |
| he;she;it | would have curtseyed |
| we | would have curtseyed |
| you | would have curtseyed |
| they | would have curtseyed |
Imperative
| you | curtsey |
| we | Let's curtsey |
| you | curtsey |
Verbs conjugated like 'curtsey'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'curtsey'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Variant of courtesy (1525) (from court + -esy), from Middle English curteisie, curtesie, from Anglo-Norman curtesie, from Old French curteisie, cortoisie.
Sample Sentences
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The hotel's staff never curtsied, nodded, or bowed to the owner as she passed, as they were staunch egalitarians.
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"I’m sure you’ll excuse me, sir," said Mrs Varden, rising and curtseying. [1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 19.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:]
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On the other hand, Mrs. Ladbrook was standing in skull-cap and front, with her turban in her hand, curtsying and smiling blandly[…] [1861, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XI, in Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, part I, page 180:]
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'I be as nothing in the eyes of my lord,' and she curtseyed towards him[…] [1887, H[enry] Rider Haggard, chapter XVI, in Allan Quatermain […], London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:]
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1890, James Russell Lowell, Address in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America
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But DANTE was a great genius, and language curtseys to its natural Kings.
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1903, W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk
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He curtsied low, and then bowed almost to the ground, with an imperturbable gravity that seemed almost suspicious.
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1908, Caroline Crawford, Folk Dances and Games
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The gentleman bows and the lady curtesys (measure eight).