ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GARROTTE
From Spanish garrote, perhaps from Old French garrot cudgel; of obscure origin.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GARROTTE
PRESENT
Present
I garrotte
you garrotte
he/she/it garrottes
we garrotte
you garrotte
they garrotte
Present continuous
I am garrotting
you are garrotting
he/she/it is garrotting
we are garrotting
you are garrotting
they are garrotting
Present perfect
I have garrotted
you have garrotted
he/she/it has garrotted
we have garrotted
you have garrotted
they have garrotted
Present perfect continuous
I have been garrotting
you have been garrotting
he/she/it has been garrotting
we have been garrotting
you have been garrotting
they have been garrotting
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 garrotted
you garrotted
he/she/it garrotted
we garrotted
you garrotted
they garrotted
Past continuous
I was garrotting
you were garrotting
he/she/it was garrotting
we were garrotting
you were garrotting
they were garrotting
Past perfect
I had garrotted
you had garrotted
he/she/it had garrotted
we had garrotted
you had garrotted
they had garrotted
Past perfect continuous
I had been garrotting
you had been garrotting
he/she/it had been garrotting
we had been garrotting
you had been garrotting
they had been garrotting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will garrotte
you will garrotte
he/she/it will garrotte
we will garrotte
you will garrotte
they will garrotte
Future continuous
I will be garrotting
you will be garrotting
he/she/it will be garrotting
we will be garrotting
you will be garrotting
they will be garrotting
Future perfect
I will have garrotted
you will have garrotted
he/she/it will have garrotted
we will have garrotted
you will have garrotted
they will have garrotted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been garrotting
you will have been garrotting
he/she/it will have been garrotting
we will have been garrotting
you will have been garrotting
they will have been garrotting
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would garrotte
you would garrotte
he/she/it would garrotte
we would garrotte
you would garrotte
they would garrotte
Conditional continuous
I would be garrotting
you would be garrotting
he/she/it would be garrotting
we would be garrotting
you would be garrotting
they would be garrotting
Conditional perfect
I would have garrotte
you would have garrotte
he/she/it would have garrotte
we would have garrotte
you would have garrotte
they would have garrotte
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been garrotting
you would have been garrotting
he/she/it would have been garrotting
we would have been garrotting
you would have been garrotting
they would have been garrotting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you garrotte
we let´s garrotte
you garrotte
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
garrotted
Present Participle
garrotting
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 «GARROTTE»
Discover the use of
garrotte in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
garrotte and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Warehouse: The Death Penalty Alternative
I held the garrotte above my head, and then realized that the man was taller than
I was. I'd have to loop it over his head fast. They were on a couple of feet in front
of us. "I don...," one of them said. Loco had slipped the garrotte over his head.
2
John Purkiss Box Set One:
The garrotte caught across his watch but cutinto his neckon theother side. He felt
the wire tighten andcrush the heelof his hand against theside of his jaw and he
felt the closeness of theman behind himand thehot sournessof hisbreath ...
3
Ratcatcher: John Purkiss Book 1
The garrotte caught across his watch but cut into hisneckon the other side. He felt
the wire tighten and crush the heel of his hand against the side of his jaw and he
feltthe closeness of the man behind himand the hot sourness of his breath ...
On our arrival Mr Gallantry Garrotte was there with his sharp tongue; his tools of
war, He; the man, the mystery, they, the ghost maker; who controls the winds! He
who threw desiccator at the deceased; rowed the boats; captained the plane of ...
5
The Roman Empire and Medieval Realms
The experts told the scientists that the rope was a type of garrotte, used to
strangle Lindow man! A closer look revealed that the body had other wounds too.
Source C An extract from The Sunday Times magazine, 6th April 1997: We know
from ...
Nigel Kelly, Rosemary Rees, Jane Shuter, 1997
The experts told the scientists that the rope was a type of garrotte, used to
strangle Lindow man! A closer look revealed that the body had other wounds too.
l Source C An extract from The Sunday Times magazine, 6th April 1997: We
know from ...
Rosemary Rees, Nigel Kelly, Jane Shuter, 1997
Michael contacted the Army Special Forces group to see if they could provide any
help with lists of people who might be trained in the use of the garrotte. It turned
out that most of their members had basic training in the use of all weapons ...
8
Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in South Yorkshire
Garrotte. Robbery. at. Sheffield,. January. 1869 . . . grasped him by the throat and
brought his head down to the ground, rendering him semi-conscious and virtually
incapable of struggling. On 11 January 1869, William Wright was about his ...
9
Tangible Memories: Californians and their gardens 1800-1950
This treegave the name tothe district, Groveland, once referred to as First Garrotte
, to distinguish it from Second Garrotte. Bret Hart wrote the sad story of “
Tennessee's Partner” in the cabin there. Second Garrotte had another
Hangman's Tree ...
Judith M. Taylor MD and Harry M. Butterfield, 2003
10
An Unconventional Murder
He snapped several shots of the woolen scarf and then carefully unwrapped it
from the dead man's neck, exposing the garrotte. He clenched his teeth as he
photographed the murder weapon. The sheer gall of stealing the garrotte from
the ...
Kenneth L. Levinson, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GARROTTE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
garrotte is used in the context of the following news items.
Orlando-based Integrity Golf to oversee Country Club of Bristol
Garrotte said he looks forward to partnering with the Bristol Preservation team to preserve the Bristol golf course and keep Tennessee's oldest ... «WJHL, Jul 15»
Tioga High School students given more than $180K in scholarships
Brandon Nelson-Haven — ROOFBB, $1000; Groveland Rotary, $1000; Garrotte Lions, $250; Helping Hands, $2000 and Tioga Booster Club, ... «Union Democrat, Jun 15»
Renata Adler: After The Tall Timber - Collected Nonfiction (New York …
It is questionable (let's say) whether anyone could ever need 8,000 words in which to garrotte a failing critic. But at the New York Review and ... «Herald Scotland, May 15»
James Bond 007: revisiting Never Say Never Again
Can you fake-garrotte someone?). Detaching the film from its star is a tricky, possibly futile exercise. Let's try. I received the Official Bond Boxset ... «Den Of Geek, May 15»
Sara Shamma's 'World Civil War Portraits': Painting a nation's …
... across the world: men and women trapped in graves; faces distorted by laddered stockings as a garrotte hovers; a man suspended hand and ... «The Independent, May 15»
Ed Miliband's guide to raving in Ibiza
... to believe anyone who's listened to Promised Land by Joe Smooth could then go and work with George Osborne without wanting to garrotte ... «The Guardian, May 15»
No, Of Course You Can't Bring a Strangulation Wire On An Airplane
The "strangulation wire," otherwise known as a garrotte or an pocket saw, is "just one of those highly unusual prohibited items that show up at ... «DCist.com, May 15»
4000 years of British history in the shade of our 'oldest tree'
Men from the village were recruited into the secret Auxiliary Units, learning how to use explosives and stretch garrotte wires between trees to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
Two murder trials for married couple
The couple claimed to have acted in self-defence, while the State says they strangled Chukwuemka with a garrotte wire and stabbed him. «Independent Online, Apr 15»
The Musketeers series 2 episode 10 review: Trial And Punishment
... indeed the whole sequence from the Musketeers entering the palace then the alternation between the slow walking Rochefort - garrotte in ... «Den Of Geek, Mar 15»
