Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to clause
Participle: claused
Gerund: clausing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | clause |
| you | clause |
| he;she;it | clauses |
| we | clause |
| you | clause |
| they | clause |
Perfect
| I | have claused |
| you | have claused |
| he;she;it | has claused |
| we | have claused |
| you | have claused |
| they | have claused |
Past
| I | claused |
| you | claused |
| he;she;it | claused |
| we | claused |
| you | claused |
| they | claused |
Pluperfect
| I | had claused |
| you | had claused |
| he;she;it | had claused |
| we | had claused |
| you | had claused |
| they | had claused |
Future
| I | will clause |
| you | will clause |
| he;she;it | will clause |
| we | will clause |
| you | will clause |
| they | will clause |
Future Perfect
| I | will have claused |
| you | will have claused |
| he;she;it | will have claused |
| we | will have claused |
| you | will have claused |
| they | will have claused |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | clause |
| you | clause |
| he;she;it | clause |
| we | clause |
| you | clause |
| they | clause |
Perfect
| I | have claused |
| you | have claused |
| he;she;it | have claused |
| we | have claused |
| you | have claused |
| they | have claused |
Imperfect
| I | claused |
| you | claused |
| he;she;it | claused |
| we | claused |
| you | claused |
| they | claused |
Pluperfect
| I | had claused |
| you | had claused |
| he;she;it | had claused |
| we | had claused |
| you | had claused |
| they | had claused |
Conditional
Present
| I | would clause |
| you | would clause |
| he;she;it | would clause |
| we | would clause |
| you | would clause |
| they | would clause |
Perfect
| I | would have claused |
| you | would have claused |
| he;she;it | would have claused |
| we | would have claused |
| you | would have claused |
| they | would have claused |
Imperative
| you | clause |
| we | Let's clause |
| you | clause |
Verbs conjugated like 'clause'
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 'clause'
cause,
blouse,
case,
cease,
chase,
chasse,
chouse,
chuse,
clade,
claime,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English clause, claus, borrowed from Old French clause, from Medieval Latin clausa (Latin diminutive clausula (“close, end; a clause, close of a period”)), from Latin clausus, past participle of claudere (“to shut, close”). See close, its doublet.
Sample Sentences
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The question of clausing the bills of lading, so as to avoid "dirtying", which impairs its negotiability, may also be looked into [1970, Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee, Report of the session, number 11:]
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Any attempt to clause a Bill of Lading will be strenuously resisted by shippers, and they will obtain clean bills in the usual ways [1978, Samir Mankabady, The Hamburg rules on the carriage of goods by sea, page 215:]
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It was held that the bills of lading presented were in this case 'clean' as they contained no reservations by way of endorsement, clausing or otherwise to suggest that the goods were defective [1990, Alan Mitchelhill, Bills of lading: law and practice:]
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There is little authority in English law dealing with the liability of a carrier who unnecessarily clauses a bill of lading. [2004, Martin Dockra with Katherine Reece Thomas, Cases & materials on the carriage of goods by sea, page 104:]