Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to defrock
Participle: defrocked
Gerund: defrocking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | defrock |
| you | defrock |
| he;she;it | defrocks |
| we | defrock |
| you | defrock |
| they | defrock |
Perfect
| I | have defrocked |
| you | have defrocked |
| he;she;it | has defrocked |
| we | have defrocked |
| you | have defrocked |
| they | have defrocked |
Past
| I | defrocked |
| you | defrocked |
| he;she;it | defrocked |
| we | defrocked |
| you | defrocked |
| they | defrocked |
Pluperfect
| I | had defrocked |
| you | had defrocked |
| he;she;it | had defrocked |
| we | had defrocked |
| you | had defrocked |
| they | had defrocked |
Future
| I | will defrock |
| you | will defrock |
| he;she;it | will defrock |
| we | will defrock |
| you | will defrock |
| they | will defrock |
Future Perfect
| I | will have defrocked |
| you | will have defrocked |
| he;she;it | will have defrocked |
| we | will have defrocked |
| you | will have defrocked |
| they | will have defrocked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | defrock |
| you | defrock |
| he;she;it | defrock |
| we | defrock |
| you | defrock |
| they | defrock |
Perfect
| I | have defrocked |
| you | have defrocked |
| he;she;it | have defrocked |
| we | have defrocked |
| you | have defrocked |
| they | have defrocked |
Imperfect
| I | defrocked |
| you | defrocked |
| he;she;it | defrocked |
| we | defrocked |
| you | defrocked |
| they | defrocked |
Pluperfect
| I | had defrocked |
| you | had defrocked |
| he;she;it | had defrocked |
| we | had defrocked |
| you | had defrocked |
| they | had defrocked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would defrock |
| you | would defrock |
| he;she;it | would defrock |
| we | would defrock |
| you | would defrock |
| they | would defrock |
Perfect
| I | would have defrocked |
| you | would have defrocked |
| he;she;it | would have defrocked |
| we | would have defrocked |
| you | would have defrocked |
| they | would have defrocked |
Imperative
| you | defrock |
| we | Let's defrock |
| you | defrock |
Verbs conjugated like 'defrock'
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 'defrock'
deblock,
debrick,
decock,
defreak,
defrog,
defrost,
destock,
disfrock,
frock,
re-rock,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From French défroquer, from dé- + froc. By surface analysis, de- + frock. See: French '
défroquer'.
Sample Sentences
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The defrocked priest may no longer perform rites.
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The Vatican has defrocked the anti-abortion US priest Frank Pavone for what it said were “blasphemous communications on social media” as well as “persistent disobedience” of his bishop. [2022 December 18, AP, “Anti-abortion US priest Frank Pavone defrocked by Vatican”, in The Guardian:]
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There are refugees and black marketers, defrocked bankers and resistance fighters, gamblers, floozies, French colonial policemen, American and Spanish entertainers, and, eventually, Nazi officers (who in reality never set foot in Casablanca). [2012 March 19, David Denby, “Everybody Comes to Rick’s: “Casablanca” on the Big Screen”, in The New Yorker:]