Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to screwtape
Participle: screwtaped
Gerund: screwtaping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | screwtape |
| you | screwtape |
| he;she;it | screwtapes |
| we | screwtape |
| you | screwtape |
| they | screwtape |
Perfect
| I | have screwtaped |
| you | have screwtaped |
| he;she;it | has screwtaped |
| we | have screwtaped |
| you | have screwtaped |
| they | have screwtaped |
Past
| I | screwtaped |
| you | screwtaped |
| he;she;it | screwtaped |
| we | screwtaped |
| you | screwtaped |
| they | screwtaped |
Pluperfect
| I | had screwtaped |
| you | had screwtaped |
| he;she;it | had screwtaped |
| we | had screwtaped |
| you | had screwtaped |
| they | had screwtaped |
Future
| I | will screwtape |
| you | will screwtape |
| he;she;it | will screwtape |
| we | will screwtape |
| you | will screwtape |
| they | will screwtape |
Future Perfect
| I | will have screwtaped |
| you | will have screwtaped |
| he;she;it | will have screwtaped |
| we | will have screwtaped |
| you | will have screwtaped |
| they | will have screwtaped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | screwtape |
| you | screwtape |
| he;she;it | screwtape |
| we | screwtape |
| you | screwtape |
| they | screwtape |
Perfect
| I | have screwtaped |
| you | have screwtaped |
| he;she;it | have screwtaped |
| we | have screwtaped |
| you | have screwtaped |
| they | have screwtaped |
Imperfect
| I | screwtaped |
| you | screwtaped |
| he;she;it | screwtaped |
| we | screwtaped |
| you | screwtaped |
| they | screwtaped |
Pluperfect
| I | had screwtaped |
| you | had screwtaped |
| he;she;it | had screwtaped |
| we | had screwtaped |
| you | had screwtaped |
| they | had screwtaped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would screwtape |
| you | would screwtape |
| he;she;it | would screwtape |
| we | would screwtape |
| you | would screwtape |
| they | would screwtape |
Perfect
| I | would have screwtaped |
| you | would have screwtaped |
| he;she;it | would have screwtaped |
| we | would have screwtaped |
| you | would have screwtaped |
| they | would have screwtaped |
Imperative
| you | screwtape |
| we | Let's screwtape |
| you | screwtape |
Verbs conjugated like 'screwtape'
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 'screwtape'
pretape,
retape,
scrape,
bewhape,
caretake,
crape,
crease,
create,
creäte,
cremate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
In reference to the C. S. Lewis book The Screwtape Letters (1942), about an inexperienced demon sent to tempt a man to sin, from screw + tape.
Sample Sentences
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His collection of songlines and timelines snarled at him like a screwtaped confession. [2007, Palace Pier Blues, →ISBN, page 33:]
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Perhaps, beyond the lands of shadow, it will be exposed as merely a Screwtaped illusion. [2013, Joseph Pearce, C. S. Lewis and the Catholic Church, →ISBN:]
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...but they never got the chance From the rulers near-almighty down to the lower ranks of the CF hierarchy screw-taping rejection editors at the BBC and controlling clerky types at this or that ministry [2015, A. Nonn, King Ludwig's Legacy and Other Poems, →ISBN:]