Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to defalcate
Participle: defalcated
Gerund: defalcating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | defalcate |
| you | defalcate |
| he;she;it | defalcates |
| we | defalcate |
| you | defalcate |
| they | defalcate |
Perfect
| I | have defalcated |
| you | have defalcated |
| he;she;it | has defalcated |
| we | have defalcated |
| you | have defalcated |
| they | have defalcated |
Past
| I | defalcated |
| you | defalcated |
| he;she;it | defalcated |
| we | defalcated |
| you | defalcated |
| they | defalcated |
Pluperfect
| I | had defalcated |
| you | had defalcated |
| he;she;it | had defalcated |
| we | had defalcated |
| you | had defalcated |
| they | had defalcated |
Future
| I | will defalcate |
| you | will defalcate |
| he;she;it | will defalcate |
| we | will defalcate |
| you | will defalcate |
| they | will defalcate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have defalcated |
| you | will have defalcated |
| he;she;it | will have defalcated |
| we | will have defalcated |
| you | will have defalcated |
| they | will have defalcated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | defalcate |
| you | defalcate |
| he;she;it | defalcate |
| we | defalcate |
| you | defalcate |
| they | defalcate |
Perfect
| I | have defalcated |
| you | have defalcated |
| he;she;it | have defalcated |
| we | have defalcated |
| you | have defalcated |
| they | have defalcated |
Imperfect
| I | defalcated |
| you | defalcated |
| he;she;it | defalcated |
| we | defalcated |
| you | defalcated |
| they | defalcated |
Pluperfect
| I | had defalcated |
| you | had defalcated |
| he;she;it | had defalcated |
| we | had defalcated |
| you | had defalcated |
| they | had defalcated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would defalcate |
| you | would defalcate |
| he;she;it | would defalcate |
| we | would defalcate |
| you | would defalcate |
| they | would defalcate |
Perfect
| I | would have defalcated |
| you | would have defalcated |
| he;she;it | would have defalcated |
| we | would have defalcated |
| you | would have defalcated |
| they | would have defalcated |
Imperative
| you | defalcate |
| we | Let's defalcate |
| you | defalcate |
Verbs conjugated like 'defalcate'
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 'defalcate'
defaecate,
dealbate,
defæcate,
defaunate,
defecate,
deflate,
defoliate,
demarcate,
devaluate,
deaerate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in the 1530s, in the sense “to lop off”; borrowed from Medieval Latin dēfalcātus, perfect passive participle of dēfalcō (“to cut or lop off”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin dē (“off”) + falx (“sickle, scythe, pruning hook”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Verbs referencing "defalcate"
Italian
defalcare.
Sample Sentences
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One would have thought the natural method in a plan of reformation vvould be, to take the preſent exiſting eſtimates as they ſtand; and then to ſhevv vvhat may be practicably and ſafely defalcated from them. [1769, [Edmund Burke], Observations on a Late State of the Nation, London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC, page 42:]