CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ENCURTAIN
PRESENT
Present
I encurtain
you encurtain
he/she/it encurtains
we encurtain
you encurtain
they encurtain
Present continuous
I am encurtaining
you are encurtaining
he/she/it is encurtaining
we are encurtaining
you are encurtaining
they are encurtaining
Present perfect
I have encurtained
you have encurtained
he/she/it has encurtained
we have encurtained
you have encurtained
they have encurtained
Present perfect continuous
I have been encurtaining
you have been encurtaining
he/she/it has been encurtaining
we have been encurtaining
you have been encurtaining
they have been encurtaining
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 encurtained
you encurtained
he/she/it encurtained
we encurtained
you encurtained
they encurtained
Past continuous
I was encurtaining
you were encurtaining
he/she/it was encurtaining
we were encurtaining
you were encurtaining
they were encurtaining
Past perfect
I had encurtained
you had encurtained
he/she/it had encurtained
we had encurtained
you had encurtained
they had encurtained
Past perfect continuous
I had been encurtaining
you had been encurtaining
he/she/it had been encurtaining
we had been encurtaining
you had been encurtaining
they had been encurtaining
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will encurtain
you will encurtain
he/she/it will encurtain
we will encurtain
you will encurtain
they will encurtain
Future continuous
I will be encurtaining
you will be encurtaining
he/she/it will be encurtaining
we will be encurtaining
you will be encurtaining
they will be encurtaining
Future perfect
I will have encurtained
you will have encurtained
he/she/it will have encurtained
we will have encurtained
you will have encurtained
they will have encurtained
Future perfect continuous
I will have been encurtaining
you will have been encurtaining
he/she/it will have been encurtaining
we will have been encurtaining
you will have been encurtaining
they will have been encurtaining
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would encurtain
you would encurtain
he/she/it would encurtain
we would encurtain
you would encurtain
they would encurtain
Conditional continuous
I would be encurtaining
you would be encurtaining
he/she/it would be encurtaining
we would be encurtaining
you would be encurtaining
they would be encurtaining
Conditional perfect
I would have encurtain
you would have encurtain
he/she/it would have encurtain
we would have encurtain
you would have encurtain
they would have encurtain
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been encurtaining
you would have been encurtaining
he/she/it would have been encurtaining
we would have been encurtaining
you would have been encurtaining
they would have been encurtaining
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you encurtain
we let´s encurtain
you encurtain
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
encurtained
Present Participle
encurtaining
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 «ENCURTAIN»
Discover the use of
encurtain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
encurtain and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, ...
Wan Moon! thy nightly task is done, And now, encurtain'd in the main. Thou
sinkest into rest ; But I, in vain, on thorny bed, Shall woo the god of soft repose —
***** FRAGMENT. Loud rage the winds without. — The wintry cloud O'er the cold
...
2
The poetical works of Henry Kirke White
Has thy Endymion, smooth-faced boy, forsook Thy widow'd breast — on which
the spoiler oft Has nestled fondly, while the silver clouds Fantastic pillow'd thee,
and the dim night, Obsequious to thy will, encurtain'd round With its thick fringe
thy ...
Henry Kirke White, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, 1854
3
Wybōr poezyi Polskiéy. Specimens of the Polish Poets; with ...
The great Arch-fiend approach'd him,—he of old Hurl'd down from highest
heaven,—who bids abound On earth both guilt and guile. A cloth of gold, From
distant India brought, encurtain'd round The tyrant's bed :—in form of human '
mould The ...
4
The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure: Containing ...
ss Undisturbed be their transpohsthe last they shall enjoyl and chaste secrecy
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5
Wonder of a kingdom; Old Fortunatus, by Thomas Dekker. Bussy ...
Why, the house was wont To hold theusual concourse of a court: And see,
methinks, through the encurtain'd windows ' (In this high time of day) I see light
tapers; This is exceeding strange._ Behold the earl Walking in as strange sort
before the ...
Charles Wentworth Dilke, 1816
6
The Poetical Works of H. K. W. With a Memoir by Sir H. Nicolas
Henry Kirke White. And art thou fled, thou welcome orb! So swiftly pleasure flies,
So to mankind, in darkness lost, The beam of ardour dies. \Vau Moon, thy nightly
task is done, And now, encurtain'd in the main, Thou sinkest into rest; But I, ...
7
The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, ...
Wan Moon! thy nightly task is done, And now, encurtain'd in the main, Thou
sinkest into rest ; But I, in vain, on thorny hed, Shall woo the god of soft repose —
FRAGMENT. Loco rage the winds without. — The wintry cloud O'er the cold north
star ...
Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, 1849
8
The Gentleman's Magazine
As the music that wakes on the rapt drenmer's ear, When silence encurtain's his
lone midnight cell, And a choir of angels seem, hovering near, The proud anthem
with golden-strung lyres to well, So sacred and soothing the voice ofthy song, ...
William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe, 1840
9
Voices from the Tombs; Or, Epitaphs, Original and Selected: ...
As the branches meet, and with their dark and impervious foliage exclude the
rays of the sun, they seem, as it were, to encurtain the bed of death, and such an
effect is produced on the mind of the musing and solitary stranger, as is hardly to
be ...
... what ! the gates shut and clear Of all attendants-P Why, the house was wont To
hold the usual concourse of a court: ' And see, methinks, through the encurtain'd
windows (In this high time of day) I see liglrt-tapers.; This iis-exceeding strange.
