CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BETHWACK
PRESENT
Present
I bethwack
you bethwack
he/she/it bethwacks
we bethwack
you bethwack
they bethwack
Present continuous
I am bethwacking
you are bethwacking
he/she/it is bethwacking
we are bethwacking
you are bethwacking
they are bethwacking
Present perfect
I have bethwacked
you have bethwacked
he/she/it has bethwacked
we have bethwacked
you have bethwacked
they have bethwacked
Present perfect continuous
I have been bethwacking
you have been bethwacking
he/she/it has been bethwacking
we have been bethwacking
you have been bethwacking
they have been bethwacking
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 bethwacked
you bethwacked
he/she/it bethwacked
we bethwacked
you bethwacked
they bethwacked
Past continuous
I was bethwacking
you were bethwacking
he/she/it was bethwacking
we were bethwacking
you were bethwacking
they were bethwacking
Past perfect
I had bethwacked
you had bethwacked
he/she/it had bethwacked
we had bethwacked
you had bethwacked
they had bethwacked
Past perfect continuous
I had been bethwacking
you had been bethwacking
he/she/it had been bethwacking
we had been bethwacking
you had been bethwacking
they had been bethwacking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will bethwack
you will bethwack
he/she/it will bethwack
we will bethwack
you will bethwack
they will bethwack
Future continuous
I will be bethwacking
you will be bethwacking
he/she/it will be bethwacking
we will be bethwacking
you will be bethwacking
they will be bethwacking
Future perfect
I will have bethwacked
you will have bethwacked
he/she/it will have bethwacked
we will have bethwacked
you will have bethwacked
they will have bethwacked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bethwacking
you will have been bethwacking
he/she/it will have been bethwacking
we will have been bethwacking
you will have been bethwacking
they will have been bethwacking
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would bethwack
you would bethwack
he/she/it would bethwack
we would bethwack
you would bethwack
they would bethwack
Conditional continuous
I would be bethwacking
you would be bethwacking
he/she/it would be bethwacking
we would be bethwacking
you would be bethwacking
they would be bethwacking
Conditional perfect
I would have bethwack
you would have bethwack
he/she/it would have bethwack
we would have bethwack
you would have bethwack
they would have bethwack
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bethwacking
you would have been bethwacking
he/she/it would have been bethwacking
we would have been bethwacking
you would have been bethwacking
they would have been bethwacking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you bethwack
we let´s bethwack
you bethwack
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
bethwacked
Present Participle
bethwacking
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 «BETHWACK»
Discover the use of
bethwack in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bethwack and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The works of Francis Rabelais
But they told us they did as they ought, seeing their design was to breech, lash,
and bethwack Fortune. During the processions, they trilled and quavered most
melodiously betwixt their teeth, I do not know what anti- phonies, or chauntings, ...
François Rabelais, Sir Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux, 1864
2
Quarterly Review: A Journal of University Perspectives
Here they are: anoint, bang, baste, bebang, bebat, be- baste, bebatter, becudgel,
becurry, belam, belay, bepommel, besoop, beswaddle, be- swap, bethump,
bethwack, box, breech, bum, bumbaste, bumf eagle, bumf eg, bumfiddle, canvass
, ...
3
Select Poems from the Hesperides, ... with ... remarks by J. ...
The pole of the hop Place in the ale-shop, To bethwack us, If ever we think So
much as to drink Unto Bacchus. Who frolick will be For little cost, he Must not vary
From beer-broth at all, So much as to call For canary. CCLXXIV. 'ro ANT H EA.
Robert Herrick, J. N., John NOTT (M.D., of Bristol.), 1810
4
The University of Michigan, an Encyclopedic Survey ...: pt. ...
THE. MIDDLE. ENGLISH. DICTIONARY. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY THE
AVERY HOPWOOD AND JULE HOPWOOD PRIZES SELECTED. Proceedings of
the Board of Regents 1926-40. Rockwell, L. L. "The Vocabulary of Bethwack-
ment.
University of Michigan, Walter Arthur Donnelly, 1951
5
The University of Michigan, an Encyclopedic Survey ...: pt. ...
Rockwell, L. L. "The Vocabulary of Bethwack- ment." Mich. Alum. Qjiart. Rev., 41 (
1935) : 444. Weaver, Bennett. "The Romance of Words." Mich. Alum., 38 (1932):
585-86, 594. A LARGE-SCALE dictionary of Middle English (theEnglish lan- ...
6
Hesperides: The Poems and Other Remains of Robert Herrick ...
The pole of the hop Place in the ale-shop To bethwack us ; If ever we think So
much as to drink Unto Bacchus. Who frolick will be, For little cost he Must not vary
, From beer-broth at all, So much as to call For canary. His Comfort. I 'HE only ...
Robert Herrick, William Carew Hazlitt, 1869
7
The poetical works of Robert Herrick: containing his ...
THE TINKER'S SONG. Along, come along, Let's meet in a throng Here of tinkers ;
And quaffe up the bowle, As big as a cowle, To beer drinkers. The pole of the hop
Place in the ale-shop, To bethwack us; If ever we think So much as to drink ...
Robert Herrick, Edward Walford, 1859
8
The library of fiction, or, Family storyteller
In America they Europe them, that is, a bevy of coal-black nymphs get them into a
running stream, and with a bat in one hand, they pound them, and bethwack
them on a piece of rock, crying, " Europe, Europe ! " at every blow. When this ...
9
Three Courses and a Desert
I shall never forget the night when he clutched me by the cheek, and pulled me
out of a flood-swollen brook, when I was at my last gasp, and then abused and
threatened to bethwack me for being such a fool, and giving him the trouble of ...
William Clarke, George Cruikshank, 1830
10
The works of Francis Rabelais, M.D.
Then did this Fool of a Husband, and his mad Wifejoyn together, and falling on
the Doctor and the Surgeon, did so scratch, bethwack,, and bang them, that they
were left half dead upon the Place, so furious were the Blows which they
received: ...
François Rabelais, Mr. Ozell (John), Peter Anthony Motteux, 1737
