Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to genuflect
Participle: genuflectd
Gerund: genuflecting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | genuflect |
| you | genuflect |
| he;she;it | genuflects |
| we | genuflect |
| you | genuflect |
| they | genuflect |
Perfect
| I | have genuflectd |
| you | have genuflectd |
| he;she;it | has genuflectd |
| we | have genuflectd |
| you | have genuflectd |
| they | have genuflectd |
Past
| I | genuflectd |
| you | genuflectd |
| he;she;it | genuflectd |
| we | genuflectd |
| you | genuflectd |
| they | genuflectd |
Pluperfect
| I | had genuflectd |
| you | had genuflectd |
| he;she;it | had genuflectd |
| we | had genuflectd |
| you | had genuflectd |
| they | had genuflectd |
Future
| I | will genuflect |
| you | will genuflect |
| he;she;it | will genuflect |
| we | will genuflect |
| you | will genuflect |
| they | will genuflect |
Future Perfect
| I | will have genuflectd |
| you | will have genuflectd |
| he;she;it | will have genuflectd |
| we | will have genuflectd |
| you | will have genuflectd |
| they | will have genuflectd |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | genuflect |
| you | genuflect |
| he;she;it | genuflect |
| we | genuflect |
| you | genuflect |
| they | genuflect |
Perfect
| I | have genuflectd |
| you | have genuflectd |
| he;she;it | have genuflectd |
| we | have genuflectd |
| you | have genuflectd |
| they | have genuflectd |
Imperfect
| I | genuflectd |
| you | genuflectd |
| he;she;it | genuflectd |
| we | genuflectd |
| you | genuflectd |
| they | genuflectd |
Pluperfect
| I | had genuflectd |
| you | had genuflectd |
| he;she;it | had genuflectd |
| we | had genuflectd |
| you | had genuflectd |
| they | had genuflectd |
Conditional
Present
| I | would genuflect |
| you | would genuflect |
| he;she;it | would genuflect |
| we | would genuflect |
| you | would genuflect |
| they | would genuflect |
Perfect
| I | would have genuflectd |
| you | would have genuflectd |
| he;she;it | would have genuflectd |
| we | would have genuflectd |
| you | would have genuflectd |
| they | would have genuflectd |
Imperative
| you | genuflect |
| we | Let's genuflect |
| you | genuflect |
Verbs conjugated like 'genuflect'
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 'genuflect'
deflect,
inflect,
reflect,
befleck,
confect,
conflict,
defect,
denucleate,
deselect,
effect,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. PIE word
2. *ǵónu
3. From around 1620–1630 from Medieval Latin genūflectō (“to bend the knee”) equivalent to the Latin genū (“knee”) + flectō (“to bend”).
Sample Sentences
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At high Mass the deacon and subdeacon stand on either side, genuflect too, and answer. [1913, Adrian Fortescue, Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Gospel in the Liturgy:]
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First you get down on your knees, fiddle with your rosaries, / Bow your head with great respect, and / genuflect, genuflect, genuflect. [1965, Tom Lehrer, The Vatican Rag:]
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She took the holy water on her fingertips and made the sign of the cross, fleetingly touched her wet fingertips to her parched lips. Candles flickered redly before the saints, the Christ on his cross. Kay genuflected before entering her row and then knelt on the hard wooden rail of the pew to wait for her call to Communion. [circ. 1965, Mario Puzo, The Godfather:]
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Certainly, the megalomaniacs who aim to populate municipal fixtures with registered-trademark logos will expect cities to genuflect at every turn. [2017 September 27, Julianne Tveten, “Zucktown, USA”, in The Baffler:]