CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BETHUMB
PRESENT
Present
I bethumb
you bethumb
he/she/it bethumbs
we bethumb
you bethumb
they bethumb
Present continuous
I am bethumbing
you are bethumbing
he/she/it is bethumbing
we are bethumbing
you are bethumbing
they are bethumbing
Present perfect
I have bethumbed
you have bethumbed
he/she/it has bethumbed
we have bethumbed
you have bethumbed
they have bethumbed
Present perfect continuous
I have been bethumbing
you have been bethumbing
he/she/it has been bethumbing
we have been bethumbing
you have been bethumbing
they have been bethumbing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I bethumbed
you bethumbed
he/she/it bethumbed
we bethumbed
you bethumbed
they bethumbed
Past continuous
I was bethumbing
you were bethumbing
he/she/it was bethumbing
we were bethumbing
you were bethumbing
they were bethumbing
Past perfect
I had bethumbed
you had bethumbed
he/she/it had bethumbed
we had bethumbed
you had bethumbed
they had bethumbed
Past perfect continuous
I had been bethumbing
you had been bethumbing
he/she/it had been bethumbing
we had been bethumbing
you had been bethumbing
they had been bethumbing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will bethumb
you will bethumb
he/she/it will bethumb
we will bethumb
you will bethumb
they will bethumb
Future continuous
I will be bethumbing
you will be bethumbing
he/she/it will be bethumbing
we will be bethumbing
you will be bethumbing
they will be bethumbing
Future perfect
I will have bethumbed
you will have bethumbed
he/she/it will have bethumbed
we will have bethumbed
you will have bethumbed
they will have bethumbed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bethumbing
you will have been bethumbing
he/she/it will have been bethumbing
we will have been bethumbing
you will have been bethumbing
they will have been bethumbing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would bethumb
you would bethumb
he/she/it would bethumb
we would bethumb
you would bethumb
they would bethumb
Conditional continuous
I would be bethumbing
you would be bethumbing
he/she/it would be bethumbing
we would be bethumbing
you would be bethumbing
they would be bethumbing
Conditional perfect
I would have bethumb
you would have bethumb
he/she/it would have bethumb
we would have bethumb
you would have bethumb
they would have bethumb
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bethumbing
you would have been bethumbing
he/she/it would have been bethumbing
we would have been bethumbing
you would have been bethumbing
they would have been bethumbing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you bethumb
we let´s bethumb
you bethumb
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
bethumbed
Present Participle
bethumbing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BETHUMB»
Discover the use of
bethumb in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bethumb and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Village Muse, Containing the Complete Poetical Works of ...
... in proper place, And in legitimate etymology, Wisely to govern universal man,
Is never for a single moment seen: But tyranny, in trisyllabic strength, Is oft
misplaced; almost on every page; Dog's-ear'd and bethumb'd, ay, by the foulest
hands, ...
2
Friar Bakon's Prophesie: a Satire on the Degeneracy of the ...
Up in the tree hur gets ; the owner came anon ; Made hur almost besides hur wits
, a cruel fight began : The man at hur did throw great stones, and hur did apples
cast ; The stones did so bethumb hur bones, that down hur fell at last. When hur ...
William Terilo (pseud.), James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, 1866
3
The Welsh traveller, or The Vnfortunate Welshman. ed. by ...
... Made her almost besides her wits, a cruel fight began : The man at her did
throw great stones and her did apples cast, The stones did so bethumb her
bones, that down her fell at last, When her was down, mark what befell her hostis
and her ...
Humphrey Crouch, James Orchard Halliwell- Phillipps, 1860
And the bookshelves— where homes of all sizes are spread, Not placed to be
look'd at, but meant to be read ; All defaced and bethumb'd, and I would not be
sworn, But some volumes, perchance the most precious, are torn. There's the
library ...
5
Remains of the Early Popular Poetry of England
Up in the tree hur gets; the owner came anon; Made hur almost besides hur wits,
a cruel fight began: The man at hur did throw great stones, and hur did apples
cast; The stones did so bethumb hur bones, that down hur fell at last. i20 When
hur ...
William Carew Hazlitt, 1866
6
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
And at present they profess to prefer the great works which they have never read,
and which they will never be able to read, to those classic poems, of which they
have been the most destructive enemies, by bethumb- ing and bequoting their ...
7
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
Ger. bedenken. See Think.] Bethrall, bethrawl′, v.t. (Spens.) toenslave. Bethumb
, bethum′,v.t. to mark with the thumbs: —pa.p.bethumbed′. Bethump, bethump
′, v.t.tothump or beat soundly. Bethwack, bethwak′, v.t. to thrash soundly.
8
English Language Word Builder
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call, to mind. to reduce to 3lld4U|, bethrall, u.t. slavery. *<u|, ^ri bethumb, u.f. (feu^
) - to handle, to soil by handling (as book). bethump, u. t. (fj|«iu|) - to bead soundly
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Nilakantha Babaji Ranade, 1996
