Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to excorticate
Participle: excorticated
Gerund: excorticating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | excorticate |
| you | excorticate |
| he;she;it | excorticates |
| we | excorticate |
| you | excorticate |
| they | excorticate |
Perfect
| I | have excorticated |
| you | have excorticated |
| he;she;it | has excorticated |
| we | have excorticated |
| you | have excorticated |
| they | have excorticated |
Past
| I | excorticated |
| you | excorticated |
| he;she;it | excorticated |
| we | excorticated |
| you | excorticated |
| they | excorticated |
Pluperfect
| I | had excorticated |
| you | had excorticated |
| he;she;it | had excorticated |
| we | had excorticated |
| you | had excorticated |
| they | had excorticated |
Future
| I | will excorticate |
| you | will excorticate |
| he;she;it | will excorticate |
| we | will excorticate |
| you | will excorticate |
| they | will excorticate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have excorticated |
| you | will have excorticated |
| he;she;it | will have excorticated |
| we | will have excorticated |
| you | will have excorticated |
| they | will have excorticated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | excorticate |
| you | excorticate |
| he;she;it | excorticate |
| we | excorticate |
| you | excorticate |
| they | excorticate |
Perfect
| I | have excorticated |
| you | have excorticated |
| he;she;it | have excorticated |
| we | have excorticated |
| you | have excorticated |
| they | have excorticated |
Imperfect
| I | excorticated |
| you | excorticated |
| he;she;it | excorticated |
| we | excorticated |
| you | excorticated |
| they | excorticated |
Pluperfect
| I | had excorticated |
| you | had excorticated |
| he;she;it | had excorticated |
| we | had excorticated |
| you | had excorticated |
| they | had excorticated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would excorticate |
| you | would excorticate |
| he;she;it | would excorticate |
| we | would excorticate |
| you | would excorticate |
| they | would excorticate |
Perfect
| I | would have excorticated |
| you | would have excorticated |
| he;she;it | would have excorticated |
| we | would have excorticated |
| you | would have excorticated |
| they | would have excorticated |
Imperative
| you | excorticate |
| we | Let's excorticate |
| you | excorticate |
Verbs conjugated like 'excorticate'
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 'excorticate'
decorticate,
excoriate,
eccoriate,
excogitate,
exorbitate,
extricate,
corrivate,
coruscate,
eccentricate,
effodicate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin ex (“out”), from cortex, corticis (“bark”).
Sample Sentences
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Moſs is to be rubb'd and ſcrap'd off with ſome fit inſtrument of Wood, which may not excorticate the Tree, or with a piece of Hair-cloth after a ſobbing Rain: [...] [1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC, page 69:]
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The sap-wood of the excorticated winter-felled timber, kept in piles in his Majesty's yards, has rotted [1821, John Knowles, An Inquiry Into the Means which Have Been Taken to Preserve the British Navy […] :]
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His mouth was dry and parched; his hands red and swollen, and looking about the nails as if he had been excorticating millions of new walnuts. [1842, Albert Smith, “Mr. Ledbury's Adventures at Home and Abroad (Chapter II)”, in Bentley's Miscellany:]