CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNDIGNIFY
PRESENT
Present
I undignify
you undignify
he/she/it undignifies
we undignify
you undignify
they undignify
Present continuous
I am undignifying
you are undignifying
he/she/it is undignifying
we are undignifying
you are undignifying
they are undignifying
Present perfect
I have undignified
you have undignified
he/she/it has undignified
we have undignified
you have undignified
they have undignified
Present perfect continuous
I have been undignifying
you have been undignifying
he/she/it has been undignifying
we have been undignifying
you have been undignifying
they have been undignifying
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 undignified
you undignified
he/she/it undignified
we undignified
you undignified
they undignified
Past continuous
I was undignifying
you were undignifying
he/she/it was undignifying
we were undignifying
you were undignifying
they were undignifying
Past perfect
I had undignified
you had undignified
he/she/it had undignified
we had undignified
you had undignified
they had undignified
Past perfect continuous
I had been undignifying
you had been undignifying
he/she/it had been undignifying
we had been undignifying
you had been undignifying
they had been undignifying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will undignify
you will undignify
he/she/it will undignify
we will undignify
you will undignify
they will undignify
Future continuous
I will be undignifying
you will be undignifying
he/she/it will be undignifying
we will be undignifying
you will be undignifying
they will be undignifying
Future perfect
I will have undignified
you will have undignified
he/she/it will have undignified
we will have undignified
you will have undignified
they will have undignified
Future perfect continuous
I will have been undignifying
you will have been undignifying
he/she/it will have been undignifying
we will have been undignifying
you will have been undignifying
they will have been undignifying
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would undignify
you would undignify
he/she/it would undignify
we would undignify
you would undignify
they would undignify
Conditional continuous
I would be undignifying
you would be undignifying
he/she/it would be undignifying
we would be undignifying
you would be undignifying
they would be undignifying
Conditional perfect
I would have undignify
you would have undignify
he/she/it would have undignify
we would have undignify
you would have undignify
they would have undignify
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been undignifying
you would have been undignifying
he/she/it would have been undignifying
we would have been undignifying
you would have been undignifying
they would have been undignifying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you undignify
we let´s undignify
you undignify
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
undignified
Present Participle
undignifying
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 «UNDIGNIFY»
Discover the use of
undignify in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
undignify and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Inquiry Into the Beauties of Painting: And Into the ...
long strait hair, Jewish beard, and poor apparel, would undignify the most exalted
nature, humility and resign'ation, his charac-v teristics, are qualities extremely
edifying, but by no means picturesque. Let us, for example, compare (I must be ...
I suppose, however, they will say, they could not undignify themselves in such a
manner fas to reply to a steam quack. Whether the people will believe this tale or
no, is another thing. I will here give the positions I assumed. I. The great ...
3
The Gay Place: Being Three Related Novels
doesn't undignify the effort. The nobility exists in our conscious efforts to be
decent men, to somehow transcend centuries of hopelessness and bad thinking
and arriveat some approach to blessedness. That's really all I can say to you
today, ...
4
Mark Akenside: A Reassessment
... elite — who, though they have never been elected ("undignify'd by public
choice"), secretly ("unown'd") rule the state and fill their coffers.13 By contrast,
every Englishman knows who rules the state and knows too that his is a land of
liberty.
and modern civilization has not crossed the castle moat, to undignify its exterior
with any visible touch of the present. To be sure, when you enter it, the
magnificent life is gone out of the old edifice; it is no stately halberdier who stands
on guard ...
Dean William Howells, William Dean Howells, 2008
Because to indulge that behavior under these circumstances would undignify it
as cheap theatricality—and far worse— unsportsmanship. Which is something I'm
afraid you Americans don't quite understand—or at least have a different point of
...
smell. It was rightl said on another occasion, that ' all the persecuted stink.' W en
Mr. Cobbett or the old Crusaders want to undignify the descendants of either the
patriarch's right or left-handed marriage, this is the first thing they think of.
8
The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical ...
Ye too, the slow-ey'd fathers of the land, With whom dominion steals from hand to
hand, Unown'd, undignify'd by public choice, I go where liberty to all is known,
And tells a monarch on his throne, He reigns not but by her preserving voice.
9
A Tramp Abroad (Illustrated):
Sixthly, I wouldrequire a speaker tostop whenhe isdone, andnot hangastringof
those useless "haven sind gewesen gehabt haben geworden seins" to the end of
his oration. This sort of gewgaws undignify aspeech, instead of adding a grace.
10
The Millennial Harbinger
This character is so unalloyedly base — so execrably vile and low — so
unutterably beneith every thing that we feel belongs to manhood, that we cannot
call him man, and yet we hesitate to undignify a fiend, by associating him with a
wretch ...
Alexander Campbell, William Kimbrough Pendleton, Charles Louis Loos, 1845
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDIGNIFY»
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undignify is used in the context of the following news items.
Obama: 2016 could be 'undignifying'
“The question is, do they, at this phase in their lives, want to go through the pretty undignifying process of running all over again.” The report noted that “Obama ... «Politico, Jul 14»
