Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to degustate
Participle: degustated
Gerund: degustating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | degustate |
| you | degustate |
| he;she;it | degustates |
| we | degustate |
| you | degustate |
| they | degustate |
Perfect
| I | have degustated |
| you | have degustated |
| he;she;it | has degustated |
| we | have degustated |
| you | have degustated |
| they | have degustated |
Past
| I | degustated |
| you | degustated |
| he;she;it | degustated |
| we | degustated |
| you | degustated |
| they | degustated |
Pluperfect
| I | had degustated |
| you | had degustated |
| he;she;it | had degustated |
| we | had degustated |
| you | had degustated |
| they | had degustated |
Future
| I | will degustate |
| you | will degustate |
| he;she;it | will degustate |
| we | will degustate |
| you | will degustate |
| they | will degustate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have degustated |
| you | will have degustated |
| he;she;it | will have degustated |
| we | will have degustated |
| you | will have degustated |
| they | will have degustated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | degustate |
| you | degustate |
| he;she;it | degustate |
| we | degustate |
| you | degustate |
| they | degustate |
Perfect
| I | have degustated |
| you | have degustated |
| he;she;it | have degustated |
| we | have degustated |
| you | have degustated |
| they | have degustated |
Imperfect
| I | degustated |
| you | degustated |
| he;she;it | degustated |
| we | degustated |
| you | degustated |
| they | degustated |
Pluperfect
| I | had degustated |
| you | had degustated |
| he;she;it | had degustated |
| we | had degustated |
| you | had degustated |
| they | had degustated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would degustate |
| you | would degustate |
| he;she;it | would degustate |
| we | would degustate |
| you | would degustate |
| they | would degustate |
Perfect
| I | would have degustated |
| you | would have degustated |
| he;she;it | would have degustated |
| we | would have degustated |
| you | would have degustated |
| they | would have degustated |
Imperative
| you | degustate |
| we | Let's degustate |
| you | degustate |
Verbs conjugated like 'degustate'
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 'degustate'
decurtate,
decussate,
detestate,
devastate,
deaurate,
decantate,
degafiate,
degradate,
degust,
delectate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin dēgustātus, perfect passive participle of dēgustō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of degust.
Sample Sentences
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Sceptics were they who, revelling at the table of Louis XIV in the sauces of a Bechamel, or lingering at the board of the great Condé over the chefs d'œuvre of a Vatel—that illustrious martyr to a point of culinary honour!—or inhaling gently and delicately, and degustating slowly, and with marvellous discrimination, the exquisite and quintessential results of the vigils of an Ude, who refused, in their turns, to believe that the science professed by these great men could be capable of improvement, or was susceptible of higher elevation. [1847, Monsieur A. Soyer, The Gastronomic Regenerator: A Simplified and Entirely New System of Cookery:]
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Two young limbs continue the feast — one, not unlike the Fat Boy in "Pickwick," degustates with more vigour than refinement, and makes us think he must be the original of the schoolboy who wrote the most laconic and soul-moving reputation, surveys the offing through a telescope on the outlook for privateers. [1901, W. A. Mackenzie, “Pleasures of the Thames sixty years ago”, in The English Illustrated Magazine, volume 25, page 409:]
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On the Sabbath Day he lies abed till nine, indulges in the luxury of a hot bath, degustates a leisurely breakfast, and takes his wife and family to church. [1913, The Pall Mall Magazine, volume 52, page 17:]