Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to canalise
Participle: canalised
Gerund: canalising
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | canalise |
| you | canalise |
| he;she;it | canalises |
| we | canalise |
| you | canalise |
| they | canalise |
Perfect
| I | have canalised |
| you | have canalised |
| he;she;it | has canalised |
| we | have canalised |
| you | have canalised |
| they | have canalised |
Past
| I | canalised |
| you | canalised |
| he;she;it | canalised |
| we | canalised |
| you | canalised |
| they | canalised |
Pluperfect
| I | had canalised |
| you | had canalised |
| he;she;it | had canalised |
| we | had canalised |
| you | had canalised |
| they | had canalised |
Future
| I | will canalise |
| you | will canalise |
| he;she;it | will canalise |
| we | will canalise |
| you | will canalise |
| they | will canalise |
Future Perfect
| I | will have canalised |
| you | will have canalised |
| he;she;it | will have canalised |
| we | will have canalised |
| you | will have canalised |
| they | will have canalised |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | canalise |
| you | canalise |
| he;she;it | canalise |
| we | canalise |
| you | canalise |
| they | canalise |
Perfect
| I | have canalised |
| you | have canalised |
| he;she;it | have canalised |
| we | have canalised |
| you | have canalised |
| they | have canalised |
Imperfect
| I | canalised |
| you | canalised |
| he;she;it | canalised |
| we | canalised |
| you | canalised |
| they | canalised |
Pluperfect
| I | had canalised |
| you | had canalised |
| he;she;it | had canalised |
| we | had canalised |
| you | had canalised |
| they | had canalised |
Conditional
Present
| I | would canalise |
| you | would canalise |
| he;she;it | would canalise |
| we | would canalise |
| you | would canalise |
| they | would canalise |
Perfect
| I | would have canalised |
| you | would have canalised |
| he;she;it | would have canalised |
| we | would have canalised |
| you | would have canalised |
| they | would have canalised |
Imperative
| you | canalise |
| we | Let's canalise |
| you | canalise |
Verbs conjugated like 'canalise'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'canalise'
banalise,
canalize,
carnalise,
tanalise,
analyse,
annalise,
banalize,
cabalize,
cannulise,
canonise,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From canal + -ise.
Sample Sentences
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. . . owing to the recent commencement of works about to be carried on on a large scale to improve and canalise the navigation of the Ebro . . . [1854, David Thomas Ansted, Scenery, Science and Art: being extracts from the note-book of a geologist and mining engineer:]
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Under Advance Brazil, the government plans to pave over 7000 kilometres of new Amazonian highways, canalise vast rivers and construct dozens of railways, […] [2005, New Science Publications, New scientist, volume 188:]
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On the desk lay the final version of the Birth Control speech, mastered and canalized by the skilful Maisie. [1927, Edith Wharton, Twilight Sleep, London: Virago, published 1996, page 221:]
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The workers' militias, based on the trade unions and each composed of people of approximately the same political opinions, had the effect of canalizing into one place all the most revolutionary sentiment in the country. [1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter VIII, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:]
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...yet it is always a wise precaution in defending a frontier of hundreds of miles to bar off as much as possible by fortifications, and thus economise the use of troops in sedentary roles and "canalise" potential invasion. [1948, Sir Winston Churchill, The Second World War: The Gathering Storm, page 373:]