Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to desecate
Participle: desecated
Gerund: desecating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | desecate |
| you | desecate |
| he;she;it | desecates |
| we | desecate |
| you | desecate |
| they | desecate |
Perfect
| I | have desecated |
| you | have desecated |
| he;she;it | has desecated |
| we | have desecated |
| you | have desecated |
| they | have desecated |
Past
| I | desecated |
| you | desecated |
| he;she;it | desecated |
| we | desecated |
| you | desecated |
| they | desecated |
Pluperfect
| I | had desecated |
| you | had desecated |
| he;she;it | had desecated |
| we | had desecated |
| you | had desecated |
| they | had desecated |
Future
| I | will desecate |
| you | will desecate |
| he;she;it | will desecate |
| we | will desecate |
| you | will desecate |
| they | will desecate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have desecated |
| you | will have desecated |
| he;she;it | will have desecated |
| we | will have desecated |
| you | will have desecated |
| they | will have desecated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | desecate |
| you | desecate |
| he;she;it | desecate |
| we | desecate |
| you | desecate |
| they | desecate |
Perfect
| I | have desecated |
| you | have desecated |
| he;she;it | have desecated |
| we | have desecated |
| you | have desecated |
| they | have desecated |
Imperfect
| I | desecated |
| you | desecated |
| he;she;it | desecated |
| we | desecated |
| you | desecated |
| they | desecated |
Pluperfect
| I | had desecated |
| you | had desecated |
| he;she;it | had desecated |
| we | had desecated |
| you | had desecated |
| they | had desecated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would desecate |
| you | would desecate |
| he;she;it | would desecate |
| we | would desecate |
| you | would desecate |
| they | would desecate |
Perfect
| I | would have desecated |
| you | would have desecated |
| he;she;it | would have desecated |
| we | would have desecated |
| you | would have desecated |
| they | would have desecated |
Imperative
| you | desecate |
| we | Let's desecate |
| you | desecate |
Verbs conjugated like 'desecate'
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 'desecate'
defecate,
desecrate,
deaerate,
dedicate,
defaecate,
defæcate,
dejerate,
delectate,
delegate,
delocate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Medieval Latin dēsecātus, a variant of dēsectus, the perfect passive participle of dēsecō (“to cut off”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Sample Sentences
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So far as it has gone, it probably is the most pure and desecated public good which has ever been conferred on mankind. [1798, Edmund Burke, The Beauties of the Late Right Hon. Edmund Burke, volume 2:]
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Now, as we have already remarked, it is the province of the eclectic philosophy to search out the central truth of each system and desecate it from the mass of commingled truth and error. [1841, The Methodist Quarterly Review, volume 23, page 348:]