Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to curtain-raise
Participle: curtain-raised
Gerund: curtain-raising
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | curtain-raise |
| you | curtain-raise |
| he;she;it | curtain-raises |
| we | curtain-raise |
| you | curtain-raise |
| they | curtain-raise |
Perfect
| I | have curtain-raised |
| you | have curtain-raised |
| he;she;it | has curtain-raised |
| we | have curtain-raised |
| you | have curtain-raised |
| they | have curtain-raised |
Past
| I | curtain-raised |
| you | curtain-raised |
| he;she;it | curtain-raised |
| we | curtain-raised |
| you | curtain-raised |
| they | curtain-raised |
Pluperfect
| I | had curtain-raised |
| you | had curtain-raised |
| he;she;it | had curtain-raised |
| we | had curtain-raised |
| you | had curtain-raised |
| they | had curtain-raised |
Future
| I | will curtain-raise |
| you | will curtain-raise |
| he;she;it | will curtain-raise |
| we | will curtain-raise |
| you | will curtain-raise |
| they | will curtain-raise |
Future Perfect
| I | will have curtain-raised |
| you | will have curtain-raised |
| he;she;it | will have curtain-raised |
| we | will have curtain-raised |
| you | will have curtain-raised |
| they | will have curtain-raised |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | curtain-raise |
| you | curtain-raise |
| he;she;it | curtain-raise |
| we | curtain-raise |
| you | curtain-raise |
| they | curtain-raise |
Perfect
| I | have curtain-raised |
| you | have curtain-raised |
| he;she;it | have curtain-raised |
| we | have curtain-raised |
| you | have curtain-raised |
| they | have curtain-raised |
Imperfect
| I | curtain-raised |
| you | curtain-raised |
| he;she;it | curtain-raised |
| we | curtain-raised |
| you | curtain-raised |
| they | curtain-raised |
Pluperfect
| I | had curtain-raised |
| you | had curtain-raised |
| he;she;it | had curtain-raised |
| we | had curtain-raised |
| you | had curtain-raised |
| they | had curtain-raised |
Conditional
Present
| I | would curtain-raise |
| you | would curtain-raise |
| he;she;it | would curtain-raise |
| we | would curtain-raise |
| you | would curtain-raise |
| they | would curtain-raise |
Perfect
| I | would have curtain-raised |
| you | would have curtain-raised |
| he;she;it | would have curtain-raised |
| we | would have curtain-raised |
| you | would have curtain-raised |
| they | would have curtain-raised |
Imperative
| you | curtain-raise |
| we | Let's curtain-raise |
| you | curtain-raise |
Verbs conjugated like 'curtain-raise'
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 'curtain-raise'
containerise,
containerize,
curarise,
cutinise,
bureaucratise,
cardinalise,
check-raise,
chitinise,
cocainise,
cretinise,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From curtain-raiser.
Sample Sentences
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The fall and humiliation of Algerian President Ahmed ben Bella were carefully timed to curtain-raise what Bella intended as his biggest show, the "Second Bandung Conference." [1965, Herbert David Croly, The New Republic, volume 153:]
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Curtain-raised here, also, is Cromwell's eventual readiness to smash the monasteries and confiscate their revenue and property to finance the building of a modern state […] [2010 Mar, Christopher Hitchens, “The Men Who Made England”, in The Atlantic:]