Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to persiflate
Participle: persiflated
Gerund: persiflating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | persiflate |
| you | persiflate |
| he;she;it | persiflates |
| we | persiflate |
| you | persiflate |
| they | persiflate |
Perfect
| I | have persiflated |
| you | have persiflated |
| he;she;it | has persiflated |
| we | have persiflated |
| you | have persiflated |
| they | have persiflated |
Past
| I | persiflated |
| you | persiflated |
| he;she;it | persiflated |
| we | persiflated |
| you | persiflated |
| they | persiflated |
Pluperfect
| I | had persiflated |
| you | had persiflated |
| he;she;it | had persiflated |
| we | had persiflated |
| you | had persiflated |
| they | had persiflated |
Future
| I | will persiflate |
| you | will persiflate |
| he;she;it | will persiflate |
| we | will persiflate |
| you | will persiflate |
| they | will persiflate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have persiflated |
| you | will have persiflated |
| he;she;it | will have persiflated |
| we | will have persiflated |
| you | will have persiflated |
| they | will have persiflated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | persiflate |
| you | persiflate |
| he;she;it | persiflate |
| we | persiflate |
| you | persiflate |
| they | persiflate |
Perfect
| I | have persiflated |
| you | have persiflated |
| he;she;it | have persiflated |
| we | have persiflated |
| you | have persiflated |
| they | have persiflated |
Imperfect
| I | persiflated |
| you | persiflated |
| he;she;it | persiflated |
| we | persiflated |
| you | persiflated |
| they | persiflated |
Pluperfect
| I | had persiflated |
| you | had persiflated |
| he;she;it | had persiflated |
| we | had persiflated |
| you | had persiflated |
| they | had persiflated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would persiflate |
| you | would persiflate |
| he;she;it | would persiflate |
| we | would persiflate |
| you | would persiflate |
| they | would persiflate |
Perfect
| I | would have persiflated |
| you | would have persiflated |
| he;she;it | would have persiflated |
| we | would have persiflated |
| you | would have persiflated |
| they | would have persiflated |
Imperative
| you | persiflate |
| we | Let's persiflate |
| you | persiflate |
Verbs conjugated like 'persiflate'
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 'persiflate'
perflate,
percolate,
perscopate,
personate,
perspirate,
aeriate,
certificate,
deescalate,
deflate,
deisolate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from French persifler, persiffler, or formed from persiflage + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Coined by British novelist William Makepeace Thackeray in 1850 (see quotation below). See: French '
persifler'.
Sample Sentences
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We talked and persifflated all the way to London; and the idea of her will help me to a good chapter, in which I will make Pendennis and Blanche play at being in love, such a wicked false humbugging love, as two blase London People might act, and half deceive themselves that they were in earnest. [1850 August 21, William Makepeace Thackeray, edited by Gordon N[orton] Ray, The Letters and Private Papers of William Makepeace Thackeray, volume IV, Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard University Press, published 1946, page 425:]
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In later school stories you get Marriott and Jimmy Silver putting their feet up and simply persiflating. [1961, Richard Usborne, Wodehouse at Work to the End, London: Barrie & Jenkins, published 1976, →ISBN, page 81:]
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We shall later see, that he used the Bible (Samson series) for his fight against his Philistine in-laws, and, according to Coppier, to persiflate Rabbi Saul Levi Mortiera, who had cursed Spinoza out of the temple. [1962, Leo Balet, Rembrandt and Spinoza, New York, N.Y.: Philosophical Library, page 174:]