CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DUMFOUND
PRESENT
Present
I dumfound
you dumfound
he/she/it dumfounds
we dumfound
you dumfound
they dumfound
Present continuous
I am dumfounding
you are dumfounding
he/she/it is dumfounding
we are dumfounding
you are dumfounding
they are dumfounding
Present perfect
I have dumfounded
you have dumfounded
he/she/it has dumfounded
we have dumfounded
you have dumfounded
they have dumfounded
Present perfect continuous
I have been dumfounding
you have been dumfounding
he/she/it has been dumfounding
we have been dumfounding
you have been dumfounding
they have been dumfounding
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 dumfounded
you dumfounded
he/she/it dumfounded
we dumfounded
you dumfounded
they dumfounded
Past continuous
I was dumfounding
you were dumfounding
he/she/it was dumfounding
we were dumfounding
you were dumfounding
they were dumfounding
Past perfect
I had dumfounded
you had dumfounded
he/she/it had dumfounded
we had dumfounded
you had dumfounded
they had dumfounded
Past perfect continuous
I had been dumfounding
you had been dumfounding
he/she/it had been dumfounding
we had been dumfounding
you had been dumfounding
they had been dumfounding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will dumfound
you will dumfound
he/she/it will dumfound
we will dumfound
you will dumfound
they will dumfound
Future continuous
I will be dumfounding
you will be dumfounding
he/she/it will be dumfounding
we will be dumfounding
you will be dumfounding
they will be dumfounding
Future perfect
I will have dumfounded
you will have dumfounded
he/she/it will have dumfounded
we will have dumfounded
you will have dumfounded
they will have dumfounded
Future perfect continuous
I will have been dumfounding
you will have been dumfounding
he/she/it will have been dumfounding
we will have been dumfounding
you will have been dumfounding
they will have been dumfounding
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would dumfound
you would dumfound
he/she/it would dumfound
we would dumfound
you would dumfound
they would dumfound
Conditional continuous
I would be dumfounding
you would be dumfounding
he/she/it would be dumfounding
we would be dumfounding
you would be dumfounding
they would be dumfounding
Conditional perfect
I would have dumfound
you would have dumfound
he/she/it would have dumfound
we would have dumfound
you would have dumfound
they would have dumfound
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been dumfounding
you would have been dumfounding
he/she/it would have been dumfounding
we would have been dumfounding
you would have been dumfounding
they would have been dumfounding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you dumfound
we let´s dumfound
you dumfound
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
dumfounded
Present Participle
dumfounding
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 «DUMFOUND»
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1
The Chambers Dictionary
vt dumbfound er or dumfound er to dumbfound. — dumb -pia no a soundless
keyboard for piano practice; dumb -show' gesture without words; pantomine. — a
</y dumb'struck silent with astonishment. — dumb terminal (compul) an input or ...
2
Chambers Pocket Dictionary
adv dumbly. — n dumbness. [OE] dumbbell n 1 a weight used in pairs in muscle-
developing exercises, consisting of a short metal bar with a heavy ball or disc on
each end. 2 (coll; esp US) a stupid person. dumbfound or dumfound v (tr) to ...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
3
Merriam-Webster's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
... re 4 in re 7 apropos 8 touching 9 regarding 10 concerning, respecting astonish
5 alarm, amaze 7 astound 8 affright, dumfound, surprise 9 dumbfound 1 1
flabbergast astonishing 7 amazing 8 wondrous 9 marvelous, wonderful 10
astounding, ...
4
Plays: The wives excuse. The maid's last prayer. The fatal ...
Sir Sym. With all my heart, if the captain will accompany. 1 Bully- Pox a' this
scraping, and tooting : shall we eclipse, Tom, and make it a rankum ? 2 Bully. No,
no, we'll dumfound the baronet. [They dumfound him, on each fide, as be turns.
5
Hey Presto!: Swift and the Quacks
Now you see, now you don't. Yo, Presto. There is no mystery, however, only
legerdemain and dumfounding. Today dumfounding—OED and Webster's Third
International give both dumfound and dumbfound as permissible spellings, even
in ...
6
Chambers concise dictionary
[18c] dumbfound or dumfound /dAm'faund/ >v to astonish or confound, originally
so as to leave speechless. [17c: DUMB + found from CONFOUND] dumbing-
down >n the presentation of information in a less sophisticated form. See also
DUMB ...
Dumfound and nonplus are closely related, both suggesting a momentary
astonishment at some sudden occurrence or sharp retort. Dumfound implies an
acute emotional shock that leaves one speechless; nonplus suggests a more ...
(Roberta E. Higgon, wife of a Bowmanville, Canada, Rotarian.) In the feet, not the
nog, was the fog. (Mrs. J. Ryerson, wife of a Waynesboro, Virginia, Rotarian.)
Though his lectures would dumfound a dog. (Joel Carter, member of the Rotary ...
9
A Pocket Dictionary of Cantonese: With a Supplement of New ...
-(b1unt), 5802. --(business)' 4042. -_(gloomy), 2806, 4598. -(indifferent), 2187a. -
(stupid), 5045. duly, 1247-1952. dumb, 6-(1006). dumfound, 924-4712. dummy 6-
D. dumplings, 1716. dun, 5279-2455. dunce, 4269a. dung, 717, 5902.
10
A Critical Review of the Orthography of Dr. Webster's Series ...
He has spelled dumb with b, and dumfound without it. He has spelled thumb and
thum with Z) and without it; and has given thum without.b_ the preference; and he
has also spelled thumring and thumstall without I2, and in defining thum and its ...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUMFOUND»
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dumfound is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Houston Astros continue to dumfound the experts and are showing no signs of slowing down. With a 34-20 record, they sit atop the AL ... «Toronto Sun, Jun 15»
Maria Miller and Oliver Letwin's perfect press regulation
The toughest question of the whole session came from Philip Davies, who managed to dumfound all three witnesses by asking whether they ... «Spectator.co.uk, Apr 13»
I Am Not Amazed: The Shocking, Stunning, Mind-Blowing Rise of …
... means "to overwhelm with surprise or sudden wonder; astonish greatly," and its synonyms include astound, astonish, shock, dumfound, stun, ... «Huffington Post, Oct 12»
Unpredictable teams hard to second guess
Not that it is likely to spin square, but it does not have to to dumfound England's batsmen. He just needs to be careful about his front foot. «ESPNcricinfo.com, Sep 12»
Ripples of optimism in a sea of doom
He reminds himself and us “how/ dumfound how/ dazzled, how/ mortally lucky [it is] to be.” There's even a barely discernible hint that Eros may ... «Globe and Mail, Jun 12»
The Bachelor 2012 – Baby Voiced Blakeley vs Restrained Rachel
The more Blakeley talked, the more her Paris Hilton baby voice continued to dumfound me. Ben mentioned that they were both beautiful and ... «Small Screen Scoop, Feb 12»
