Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to trephine
Participle: trephined
Gerund: trephining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | trephine |
| you | trephine |
| he;she;it | trephines |
| we | trephine |
| you | trephine |
| they | trephine |
Perfect
| I | have trephined |
| you | have trephined |
| he;she;it | has trephined |
| we | have trephined |
| you | have trephined |
| they | have trephined |
Past
| I | trephined |
| you | trephined |
| he;she;it | trephined |
| we | trephined |
| you | trephined |
| they | trephined |
Pluperfect
| I | had trephined |
| you | had trephined |
| he;she;it | had trephined |
| we | had trephined |
| you | had trephined |
| they | had trephined |
Future
| I | will trephine |
| you | will trephine |
| he;she;it | will trephine |
| we | will trephine |
| you | will trephine |
| they | will trephine |
Future Perfect
| I | will have trephined |
| you | will have trephined |
| he;she;it | will have trephined |
| we | will have trephined |
| you | will have trephined |
| they | will have trephined |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | trephine |
| you | trephine |
| he;she;it | trephine |
| we | trephine |
| you | trephine |
| they | trephine |
Perfect
| I | have trephined |
| you | have trephined |
| he;she;it | have trephined |
| we | have trephined |
| you | have trephined |
| they | have trephined |
Imperfect
| I | trephined |
| you | trephined |
| he;she;it | trephined |
| we | trephined |
| you | trephined |
| they | trephined |
Pluperfect
| I | had trephined |
| you | had trephined |
| he;she;it | had trephined |
| we | had trephined |
| you | had trephined |
| they | had trephined |
Conditional
Present
| I | would trephine |
| you | would trephine |
| he;she;it | would trephine |
| we | would trephine |
| you | would trephine |
| they | would trephine |
Perfect
| I | would have trephined |
| you | would have trephined |
| he;she;it | would have trephined |
| we | would have trephined |
| you | would have trephined |
| they | would have trephined |
Imperative
| you | trephine |
| we | Let's trephine |
| you | trephine |
Verbs conjugated like 'trephine'
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 'trephine'
repine,
reprine,
beshine,
freeline,
freephone,
pre-mine,
prefine,
premine,
prepaint,
prepone,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from French tréphine, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “auger, borer”). Doublet of trepan.
Sample Sentences
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"We shall wait," said Van Helsing, "just long enough to fix the best spot for trephining, so that we may most quickly and perfectly remove the blood clot, for it is evident that the haemorrhage is increasing." [1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 21, in Dracula:]
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The pony was cast, and trephined, a middle-sized trephine (or bone saw) being used, which removed a circular piece of bone about the size of a two shilling piece, from the face immediately over the air cavity. [1901 August 16, “Veterinary Departmental Report for May, 1901”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 12, page 382:]