Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to askance
Participle: askanced
Gerund: askancing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | askance |
| you | askance |
| he;she;it | askances |
| we | askance |
| you | askance |
| they | askance |
Perfect
| I | have askanced |
| you | have askanced |
| he;she;it | has askanced |
| we | have askanced |
| you | have askanced |
| they | have askanced |
Past
| I | askanced |
| you | askanced |
| he;she;it | askanced |
| we | askanced |
| you | askanced |
| they | askanced |
Pluperfect
| I | had askanced |
| you | had askanced |
| he;she;it | had askanced |
| we | had askanced |
| you | had askanced |
| they | had askanced |
Future
| I | will askance |
| you | will askance |
| he;she;it | will askance |
| we | will askance |
| you | will askance |
| they | will askance |
Future Perfect
| I | will have askanced |
| you | will have askanced |
| he;she;it | will have askanced |
| we | will have askanced |
| you | will have askanced |
| they | will have askanced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | askance |
| you | askance |
| he;she;it | askance |
| we | askance |
| you | askance |
| they | askance |
Perfect
| I | have askanced |
| you | have askanced |
| he;she;it | have askanced |
| we | have askanced |
| you | have askanced |
| they | have askanced |
Imperfect
| I | askanced |
| you | askanced |
| he;she;it | askanced |
| we | askanced |
| you | askanced |
| they | askanced |
Pluperfect
| I | had askanced |
| you | had askanced |
| he;she;it | had askanced |
| we | had askanced |
| you | had askanced |
| they | had askanced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would askance |
| you | would askance |
| he;she;it | would askance |
| we | would askance |
| you | would askance |
| they | would askance |
Perfect
| I | would have askanced |
| you | would have askanced |
| he;she;it | would have askanced |
| we | would have askanced |
| you | would have askanced |
| they | would have askanced |
Imperative
| you | askance |
| we | Let's askance |
| you | askance |
Verbs conjugated like 'askance'
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 'askance'
advance,
scance,
slance,
stance,
advaunce,
affiance,
agrace,
alliance,
amanse,
arace,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly from Middle English askances (“as if”), or from Old French a escone (“hidden”) or Italian a scancio (“obliquely”). Compare asquint, Middle English askoyn (“at a slant, askance”), Dutch schuin, schuins (“sideways”), schuiven (“to shove”), schuinte (“slope”).
Sample Sentences
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Bowed heads, Aunt Ellen's, Aunt Laura's, her sister's — bowed but askancing her yellow dress — yes, yellow, golden yellow, hue of sun and life, Dad's favorite, to see him off on this, his greatest journey. [1953, Lowry Charles Wimberly, Prairie Schooner, volume 27, page 406:]
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"My dear sir," said Hube in an authoritative manner to the receptionist askancing Thales, "first of all, we aren't tourists. Secondly, this isn't a rat, this is the present embodiment of the spiritual leader of millions of people in India […] [1997, Tibor Fischer, The Thought Gang, page 185:]
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The pope askanced his eye at Michael with displeasure, and after a short pause saluted him, " Instead of your coming to us, you seem to have expected that we should attend upon you." [1826, William Hone, The Every Day Book, Or, A Guide to the Year:]