Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sconce
Participle: sconced
Gerund: sconcing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sconce |
| you | sconce |
| he;she;it | sconces |
| we | sconce |
| you | sconce |
| they | sconce |
Perfect
| I | have sconced |
| you | have sconced |
| he;she;it | has sconced |
| we | have sconced |
| you | have sconced |
| they | have sconced |
Past
| I | sconced |
| you | sconced |
| he;she;it | sconced |
| we | sconced |
| you | sconced |
| they | sconced |
Pluperfect
| I | had sconced |
| you | had sconced |
| he;she;it | had sconced |
| we | had sconced |
| you | had sconced |
| they | had sconced |
Future
| I | will sconce |
| you | will sconce |
| he;she;it | will sconce |
| we | will sconce |
| you | will sconce |
| they | will sconce |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sconced |
| you | will have sconced |
| he;she;it | will have sconced |
| we | will have sconced |
| you | will have sconced |
| they | will have sconced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sconce |
| you | sconce |
| he;she;it | sconce |
| we | sconce |
| you | sconce |
| they | sconce |
Perfect
| I | have sconced |
| you | have sconced |
| he;she;it | have sconced |
| we | have sconced |
| you | have sconced |
| they | have sconced |
Imperfect
| I | sconced |
| you | sconced |
| he;she;it | sconced |
| we | sconced |
| you | sconced |
| they | sconced |
Pluperfect
| I | had sconced |
| you | had sconced |
| he;she;it | had sconced |
| we | had sconced |
| you | had sconced |
| they | had sconced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sconce |
| you | would sconce |
| he;she;it | would sconce |
| we | would sconce |
| you | would sconce |
| they | would sconce |
Perfect
| I | would have sconced |
| you | would have sconced |
| he;she;it | would have sconced |
| we | would have sconced |
| you | would have sconced |
| they | would have sconced |
Imperative
| you | sconce |
| we | Let's sconce |
| you | sconce |
Verbs conjugated like 'sconce'
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 'sconce'
scance,
scone,
conch,
conde,
cone,
ensconce,
insconce,
ponce,
scene,
science,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Unclear. Perhaps a use of sconce (“light fixture”) or sconce (“fortification”), but seemingly older than the latter
Sample Sentences
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The Rector sconced him in the buttery-book, but Webberly “wiped it off, with irreverent and unbeseeming language.” For this, he had to apologise, and go without his commons for three months. [1898, Rev. A. Clark, University of Oxford, College Histories: Lincoln, page 73:]
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I sconce anyone who has ever…