Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to confusticate
Participle: confusticated
Gerund: confusticating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | confusticate |
| you | confusticate |
| he;she;it | confusticates |
| we | confusticate |
| you | confusticate |
| they | confusticate |
Perfect
| I | have confusticated |
| you | have confusticated |
| he;she;it | has confusticated |
| we | have confusticated |
| you | have confusticated |
| they | have confusticated |
Past
| I | confusticated |
| you | confusticated |
| he;she;it | confusticated |
| we | confusticated |
| you | confusticated |
| they | confusticated |
Pluperfect
| I | had confusticated |
| you | had confusticated |
| he;she;it | had confusticated |
| we | had confusticated |
| you | had confusticated |
| they | had confusticated |
Future
| I | will confusticate |
| you | will confusticate |
| he;she;it | will confusticate |
| we | will confusticate |
| you | will confusticate |
| they | will confusticate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have confusticated |
| you | will have confusticated |
| he;she;it | will have confusticated |
| we | will have confusticated |
| you | will have confusticated |
| they | will have confusticated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | confusticate |
| you | confusticate |
| he;she;it | confusticate |
| we | confusticate |
| you | confusticate |
| they | confusticate |
Perfect
| I | have confusticated |
| you | have confusticated |
| he;she;it | have confusticated |
| we | have confusticated |
| you | have confusticated |
| they | have confusticated |
Imperfect
| I | confusticated |
| you | confusticated |
| he;she;it | confusticated |
| we | confusticated |
| you | confusticated |
| they | confusticated |
Pluperfect
| I | had confusticated |
| you | had confusticated |
| he;she;it | had confusticated |
| we | had confusticated |
| you | had confusticated |
| they | had confusticated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would confusticate |
| you | would confusticate |
| he;she;it | would confusticate |
| we | would confusticate |
| you | would confusticate |
| they | would confusticate |
Perfect
| I | would have confusticated |
| you | would have confusticated |
| he;she;it | would have confusticated |
| we | would have confusticated |
| you | would have confusticated |
| they | would have confusticated |
Imperative
| you | confusticate |
| we | Let's confusticate |
| you | confusticate |
Verbs conjugated like 'confusticate'
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 'confusticate'
confuscate,
obfusticate,
confiscate,
constipate,
busticate,
centuplicate,
cocultivate,
coinvestigate,
communicate,
conculcate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Fantastic alteration of confound or confuse.
Sample Sentences
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Massa Clifford’s eye sezs, plain as eber eye did, dat de niggers dat ’specs to confusticate him, mus’ be smarter dan eber yer was, or will be ter de fift’ generation. [1852, Charles Jacobs Peterson, The Cabin and Parlor; or, Slaves and Masters, T. B. Peterson, page 76:]
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I had to come and go,
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Receive with pomp and show
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From nations, deputations,
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Which confusticate one so ! [1868, W. S. Gilbert, “Ruy Blas”, in Tom Hood, editor, The 5 Alls: A Collection of Stories, page 53:]
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‘Confusticate and bebother these dwarves!’ he said aloud. [1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, chapter 1:]
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it is bound to make of medical malpractice trials veritable wars of even more lengthy attrition; with each side employing such a published congeries of conflicting medical views as would thoroughly confusticate any jury... [1973, Rules of Evidence [unintelligible], Hearings before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, [unintelligible] Special Subcommittee on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 12]
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well it sorta isn't YOU, it is rather you quoting me and him quoting you quoting me see how many little greater than signs there are? But it doesn't work if what comes after *my* line is his line and not yours, easy to get confusticated eh? [1993 February 16, Jessica L. Babylon, “Re: Jessica wins new title: NET.TRAMP”, in alt.personals (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:]
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He tapped the side of his pack: on it was written: CHARMED, ENCHANTED, ENSORCELLED AND CONFUSTICATED. 'I used to be confusticated,' he confided, 'but you know how these things go.' [1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, page 71:]
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The shoulder-Satan whispered into Fred’s ear, “How many chances do you get to confusticate Satan himself?” [2001, Peter J. Dabbene, Mister Dreyfus' Demons, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 158:]