encage – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of encage

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to encage
Participle: encaged
Gerund: encaging

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iencage
youencage
he;she;itencages
weencage
youencage
theyencage

Perfect

Ihave encaged
youhave encaged
he;she;ithas encaged
wehave encaged
youhave encaged
theyhave encaged

Past

Iencaged
youencaged
he;she;itencaged
weencaged
youencaged
theyencaged

Pluperfect

Ihad encaged
youhad encaged
he;she;ithad encaged
wehad encaged
youhad encaged
theyhad encaged

Future

Iwill encage
youwill encage
he;she;itwill encage
wewill encage
youwill encage
theywill encage

Future Perfect

Iwill have encaged
youwill have encaged
he;she;itwill have encaged
wewill have encaged
youwill have encaged
theywill have encaged

Subjunctive

Present

Iencage
youencage
he;she;itencage
weencage
youencage
theyencage

Perfect

Ihave encaged
youhave encaged
he;she;ithave encaged
wehave encaged
youhave encaged
theyhave encaged

Imperfect

Iencaged
youencaged
he;she;itencaged
weencaged
youencaged
theyencaged

Pluperfect

Ihad encaged
youhad encaged
he;she;ithad encaged
wehad encaged
youhad encaged
theyhad encaged

Conditional

Present

Iwould encage
youwould encage
he;she;itwould encage
wewould encage
youwould encage
theywould encage

Perfect

Iwould have encaged
youwould have encaged
he;she;itwould have encaged
wewould have encaged
youwould have encaged
theywould have encaged

Imperative

youencage
weLet's encage
youencage

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam encaging
youare encaging
he;she;itis encaging
weare encaging
youare encaging
theyare encaging

Perfect

Ihave been encaging
youhave been encaging
he;she;ithas been encaging
wehave been encaging
youhave been encaging
theyhave been encaging

Past

Iwas encaging
youwere encaging
he;she;itwas encaging
wewere encaging
youwere encaging
theywere encaging

Pluperfect

Ihad been encaging
youhad been encaging
he;she;ithad been encaging
wehad been encaging
youhad been encaging
theyhad been encaging

Future

Iwill be encaging
youwill be encaging
he;she;itwill be encaging
wewill be encaging
youwill be encaging
theywill be encaging

Future Perfect

Iwill have been encaging
youwill have been encaging
he;she;itwill have been encaging
wewill have been encaging
youwill have been encaging
theywill have been encaging

Conditional

Present

Iwould be encaging
youwould be encaging
he;she;itwould be encaging
wewould be encaging
youwould be encaging
theywould be encaging

Perfect

Iwould have been encaging
youwould have been encaging
he;she;itwould have been encaging
wewould have been encaging
youwould have been encaging
theywould have been encaging

Other

Verbs similar to 'encage'

encase, encave, engage, enrage, incage, uncage, cage, decage, encalm, encamp,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From en- + cage.

Sample Sentences

  • Bruce's daughter, Marjory, and his sister Mary, were likewise to be encaged, the former in the Tower of London, the latter in Roxburghe Castle. [1858, B. B. Wiffen, Choice Notes from "Notes and Queries", page 12:]
  • I feared the sight of encaged animals would be unbearably sad. [2009 August 12, Fiona Johannessen, “Other Voices: Inspired by shelter of compassion”, in TheUnion.com, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2016:]
  • To rattle the rats to the point where their stress response remained demonstrably hyperactive, the researchers exposed the animals to four weeks of varying stressors: moderate electric shocks, being encaged with dominant rats, prolonged dunks in water. [2009 August 18, Natalie Angier, “Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop”, in New York Times:]