CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SILICIFY
PRESENT
Present
I silicify
you silicify
he/she/it silicifies
we silicify
you silicify
they silicify
Present continuous
I am silicifying
you are silicifying
he/she/it is silicifying
we are silicifying
you are silicifying
they are silicifying
Present perfect
I have silicified
you have silicified
he/she/it has silicified
we have silicified
you have silicified
they have silicified
Present perfect continuous
I have been silicifying
you have been silicifying
he/she/it has been silicifying
we have been silicifying
you have been silicifying
they have been silicifying
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 silicified
you silicified
he/she/it silicified
we silicified
you silicified
they silicified
Past continuous
I was silicifying
you were silicifying
he/she/it was silicifying
we were silicifying
you were silicifying
they were silicifying
Past perfect
I had silicified
you had silicified
he/she/it had silicified
we had silicified
you had silicified
they had silicified
Past perfect continuous
I had been silicifying
you had been silicifying
he/she/it had been silicifying
we had been silicifying
you had been silicifying
they had been silicifying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will silicify
you will silicify
he/she/it will silicify
we will silicify
you will silicify
they will silicify
Future continuous
I will be silicifying
you will be silicifying
he/she/it will be silicifying
we will be silicifying
you will be silicifying
they will be silicifying
Future perfect
I will have silicified
you will have silicified
he/she/it will have silicified
we will have silicified
you will have silicified
they will have silicified
Future perfect continuous
I will have been silicifying
you will have been silicifying
he/she/it will have been silicifying
we will have been silicifying
you will have been silicifying
they will have been silicifying
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would silicify
you would silicify
he/she/it would silicify
we would silicify
you would silicify
they would silicify
Conditional continuous
I would be silicifying
you would be silicifying
he/she/it would be silicifying
we would be silicifying
you would be silicifying
they would be silicifying
Conditional perfect
I would have silicify
you would have silicify
he/she/it would have silicify
we would have silicify
you would have silicify
they would have silicify
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been silicifying
you would have been silicifying
he/she/it would have been silicifying
we would have been silicifying
you would have been silicifying
they would have been silicifying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you silicify
we let´s silicify
you silicify
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
silicified
Present Participle
silicifying
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 «SILICIFY»
Discover the use of
silicify in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
silicify and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Archaeological Method and Theory: An Encyclopedia
... corrected these misimpressions. Although much research remains to be done,
patterns of phytolith production are now understood for many families. It has been
demonstrated that families exhibit a tendency to either silicify or not silicify their ...
2
My Garden: Its Plan and Culture Together with a General ...
34.-Spondylus spinosus. The law of the deposit of silex on decomposing animal
matter has been extensively examined by my son, Mr. A. Hutchison Smee. Some
organic bodies appear to silicify with ease, others with difficulty. A sponge throws
...
3
THE MAGAZINE OF SCIENCE,
... organic body become incorporated with, and give character to these deposits,
known afterwards as an adhesive ocean marl, in which the bones and shells
silicify, sometimes in masses, sometimes individually, and sometimes in
fragments.
4
A Sinhalese - English Dictionary
•<fB«c*8ntoc3 see' ing), divination by fli*, pyromancy, <Ssi . •tntri wdwzSe. , f. fire-
extinguishing. <fl«8;9BM. , n. fire-engine, . n- fire-brigade. E. S. flint, flinty,
siliceous, <fi«Soncfg. , M- pl- silex- silica, «>wd(8. n. flint, j, v. t. to make into flint,
silicify, ...
5
The Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
The existence of a potent subterraneous heat at that time is rendered probable by
the large size of many of the fossils before noticed: for it does not seem possible
to account for a heat in the sea, sufiicient to silicify them except it were fed by ...
... into past vegetation or plant use (Madella and Zurro 2007; Pearsall 2000;
Piperno 2006b). Decades of research have shown a strong genetic component to
phytolith formation: families and orders of plants show strong tendencies to silicify
or ...
E. N. Anderson, Deborah Pearsall, Eugene Hunn, 2012
7
Current Research in Phytolith Analysis: Applications in ...
The facts that (1) many families exhibit a strong tendency either to silicify or not to
silicify their organs, (2) production of many classes of phytoliths is constant under
varying environmental conditions and often localized in particular kinds of ...
Deborah M. Pearsall, Dolores R. Piperno, 1993
8
Phytoliths: A Comprehensive Guide for Archaeologists and ...
In summary, it is clear from Table 1.1 that a great many angiosperms,
gymnosperms, and spore-bearing plants, not just the Poaceae and a few other
monocotyledonous families, persistently silicify their vegetative and reproductive
organs, ...
9
Chambers concise dictionary
signal silicify signal / 'signal/ >n1 a message in the form of a gesture, light, sound,
etc, conveying information or indicating the time for action. 2 (signals) the
apparatus used to send such a message, eg coloured lights or movable arms or
poles ...
10
Errors of Speech and of Spelling
Silici-calcareous, si.lis' .i-kdl.kair're.us, consisting of silica and calcareous matter,
cherty. Siliciferous, sil'.i.sif'.e.rus, producing silex. Silicify, si.lis'X.fy, to render
silicious ; silicifles, si.Vts'.i.fize ; silieified, si.lWX.flde (R. xi.); silicify-ing, si.lis'.i.fy.
ing.
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 1877
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SILICIFY»
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iPhone Era of Innovation
No matter what side the crowd will end up on, the iPhone 6 is undoubtedly the phone that will either silicify the iPhone era of innovation or bring down the Apple ... «Guardian Liberty Voice, Apr 14»
