Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to intricate
Participle: intricated
Gerund: intricating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | intricate |
| you | intricate |
| he;she;it | intricates |
| we | intricate |
| you | intricate |
| they | intricate |
Perfect
| I | have intricated |
| you | have intricated |
| he;she;it | has intricated |
| we | have intricated |
| you | have intricated |
| they | have intricated |
Past
| I | intricated |
| you | intricated |
| he;she;it | intricated |
| we | intricated |
| you | intricated |
| they | intricated |
Pluperfect
| I | had intricated |
| you | had intricated |
| he;she;it | had intricated |
| we | had intricated |
| you | had intricated |
| they | had intricated |
Future
| I | will intricate |
| you | will intricate |
| he;she;it | will intricate |
| we | will intricate |
| you | will intricate |
| they | will intricate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have intricated |
| you | will have intricated |
| he;she;it | will have intricated |
| we | will have intricated |
| you | will have intricated |
| they | will have intricated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | intricate |
| you | intricate |
| he;she;it | intricate |
| we | intricate |
| you | intricate |
| they | intricate |
Perfect
| I | have intricated |
| you | have intricated |
| he;she;it | have intricated |
| we | have intricated |
| you | have intricated |
| they | have intricated |
Imperfect
| I | intricated |
| you | intricated |
| he;she;it | intricated |
| we | intricated |
| you | intricated |
| they | intricated |
Pluperfect
| I | had intricated |
| you | had intricated |
| he;she;it | had intricated |
| we | had intricated |
| you | had intricated |
| they | had intricated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would intricate |
| you | would intricate |
| he;she;it | would intricate |
| we | would intricate |
| you | would intricate |
| they | would intricate |
Perfect
| I | would have intricated |
| you | would have intricated |
| he;she;it | would have intricated |
| we | would have intricated |
| you | would have intricated |
| they | would have intricated |
Imperative
| you | intricate |
| we | Let's intricate |
| you | intricate |
Verbs conjugated like 'intricate'
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 'intricate'
extricate,
imbricate,
indicate,
intermicate,
intimate,
intoxicate,
metricate,
affricate,
apricate,
disintricate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1470, from L. intricatus "entangled," pp. of intricare "to entangle, perplex, embarrass," from in- "in" + tricæ (pl.) "perplexities, hindrances, toys, tricks," of uncertain origin (cf. extricate).
2. As for Etymology 1; from Latin intrīcātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Sample Sentences
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[…] washes off easily, without sticking or intricating into the wound. [1864 October 18, J.E. Freund, “How to Avoid the Use of Lint”, letter to the editor, in The New York Times (1864 October 23)]
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But the British and French won't hear of that; they want to get their troops extricated and our ground troops intricated. [1994 December 12, William Safire, “Avoid Dunkirk II” (essay), in The New York Times]