CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISCOMBOBERATE
PRESENT
Present
I discomboberate
you discomboberate
he/she/it discomboberates
we discomboberate
you discomboberate
they discomboberate
Present continuous
I am discomboberating
you are discomboberating
he/she/it is discomboberating
we are discomboberating
you are discomboberating
they are discomboberating
Present perfect
I have discomboberated
you have discomboberated
he/she/it has discomboberated
we have discomboberated
you have discomboberated
they have discomboberated
Present perfect continuous
I have been discomboberating
you have been discomboberating
he/she/it has been discomboberating
we have been discomboberating
you have been discomboberating
they have been discomboberating
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 discomboberated
you discomboberated
he/she/it discomboberated
we discomboberated
you discomboberated
they discomboberated
Past continuous
I was discomboberating
you were discomboberating
he/she/it was discomboberating
we were discomboberating
you were discomboberating
they were discomboberating
Past perfect
I had discomboberated
you had discomboberated
he/she/it had discomboberated
we had discomboberated
you had discomboberated
they had discomboberated
Past perfect continuous
I had been discomboberating
you had been discomboberating
he/she/it had been discomboberating
we had been discomboberating
you had been discomboberating
they had been discomboberating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will discomboberate
you will discomboberate
he/she/it will discomboberate
we will discomboberate
you will discomboberate
they will discomboberate
Future continuous
I will be discomboberating
you will be discomboberating
he/she/it will be discomboberating
we will be discomboberating
you will be discomboberating
they will be discomboberating
Future perfect
I will have discomboberated
you will have discomboberated
he/she/it will have discomboberated
we will have discomboberated
you will have discomboberated
they will have discomboberated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been discomboberating
you will have been discomboberating
he/she/it will have been discomboberating
we will have been discomboberating
you will have been discomboberating
they will have been discomboberating
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would discomboberate
you would discomboberate
he/she/it would discomboberate
we would discomboberate
you would discomboberate
they would discomboberate
Conditional continuous
I would be discomboberating
you would be discomboberating
he/she/it would be discomboberating
we would be discomboberating
you would be discomboberating
they would be discomboberating
Conditional perfect
I would have discomboberate
you would have discomboberate
he/she/it would have discomboberate
we would have discomboberate
you would have discomboberate
they would have discomboberate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been discomboberating
you would have been discomboberating
he/she/it would have been discomboberating
we would have been discomboberating
you would have been discomboberating
they would have been discomboberating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you discomboberate
we let´s discomboberate
you discomboberate
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to discomboberate
Past participle
discomboberated
Present Participle
discomboberating
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 «DISCOMBOBERATE»
Discover the use of
discomboberate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
discomboberate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
American Notes and Queries
Discomboberate. (Vol. iv,. p. 256). — The Louisville Courier-Journal says : "
Whatever may be said as to alcoholic stimulants, no cigarettes are sold to small
boys in Vice-President Morton's hotel. One may imagine Mr. Morton saying to
himself: ...
William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, 1890
2
The Strategy of Life: A Book for Boys and Young Men
The black cook in The Lady of the Decoration, who did not want to "
discomboberate " anybody — inconvenience anybody — helps us to an
understanding of the essence of gentlemanliness. A whole hemisphere
separates gentlemanliness ...
3
Bud: a story of the Church of the new humanity
... ter me, and said, 'Sell 'em ag'in.' And you may poke me in de glems if it ain't the
shue enuf trufe, she gim'me dis card, and she say, 'Do n't you discomboberate me
, Bud,' or sum'en 29 NEWSBOYS INVITED TO DINNER.
William Kennedy Marshall, 1901
... po'ly in health, but she dess kin discomboberate er rigiment ob solger-mans
when she sots her mine dat way." "Oh, if the interview promises to be breezy,"
said Gerry, lightly, "I had better have it over." With a gay laugh, she opened the
door, ...
5
The Americans: The National Experience
Gullywhumping, slantendicler, discomboberate, absquatulate, homogification,
circumbustifikashun, flutterbation. Elegancies? Illiteracies? How much of it all
was a hoax? Some of our shrewdest students of comedy agree that detachment,
...
6
The Chambers Crossword Dictionary, 3rd edition
... unnerve 08 bewilder, disunion,surprise, throw off,throw out, unsettle 09
discomfit, embarrass, frustrate, knock back,takeaback14 discomboberate,
discombobulate15 throwoffbalance disconcerting◊anagramindicator 07awkward
08alarming, ...
7
A treasury of American folk humor: a rare confection of ...
... discomboberate, and absquatulate. He uses bad grammar and playfully
distorts pronunciation, spelling, and meaning. He may not be proper, but he's
having fun. Another type of incongruity which Americans enjoy is that of the
cultural misfit.
James Nathan Tidwell, 1956
8
The American language: an inquiry ...
... chewing-gum to 1864,1 close shave to 1856,2 the whole kit and biling to 1859,
5 cow-catcher to 18 38,* go-aheadativeness to 1 846,* to discombobulate (
originally to discombobberate, and then to discomboborate and to
discomboberate) to ...
Henry Louis Mencken, 1945
sician, 328; -road, 453; -sailor, 328; -track, 505 dis-, 155 disappearingest, 409
disarray, 160 disaster, to, 382 discipless, 590 discombobberate, 244
discomboberate, 244 discomboborate, 244 discombobulate, 244 discretion, to,
387 disgraceful ...
Our politicians preferred appeasement to standing the gaff on discomboberate
the U.N. Despite the furor, U Thant asked for an additional $8 million for 1966,
bringing the U.N. budget proper to $116,737,110. This is some $98 millions over
its ...
