Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to decorticate
Participle: decorticated
Gerund: decorticating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | decorticate |
| you | decorticate |
| he;she;it | decorticates |
| we | decorticate |
| you | decorticate |
| they | decorticate |
Perfect
| I | have decorticated |
| you | have decorticated |
| he;she;it | has decorticated |
| we | have decorticated |
| you | have decorticated |
| they | have decorticated |
Past
| I | decorticated |
| you | decorticated |
| he;she;it | decorticated |
| we | decorticated |
| you | decorticated |
| they | decorticated |
Pluperfect
| I | had decorticated |
| you | had decorticated |
| he;she;it | had decorticated |
| we | had decorticated |
| you | had decorticated |
| they | had decorticated |
Future
| I | will decorticate |
| you | will decorticate |
| he;she;it | will decorticate |
| we | will decorticate |
| you | will decorticate |
| they | will decorticate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have decorticated |
| you | will have decorticated |
| he;she;it | will have decorticated |
| we | will have decorticated |
| you | will have decorticated |
| they | will have decorticated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | decorticate |
| you | decorticate |
| he;she;it | decorticate |
| we | decorticate |
| you | decorticate |
| they | decorticate |
Perfect
| I | have decorticated |
| you | have decorticated |
| he;she;it | have decorticated |
| we | have decorticated |
| you | have decorticated |
| they | have decorticated |
Imperfect
| I | decorticated |
| you | decorticated |
| he;she;it | decorticated |
| we | decorticated |
| you | decorticated |
| they | decorticated |
Pluperfect
| I | had decorticated |
| you | had decorticated |
| he;she;it | had decorticated |
| we | had decorticated |
| you | had decorticated |
| they | had decorticated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would decorticate |
| you | would decorticate |
| he;she;it | would decorticate |
| we | would decorticate |
| you | would decorticate |
| they | would decorticate |
Perfect
| I | would have decorticated |
| you | would have decorticated |
| he;she;it | would have decorticated |
| we | would have decorticated |
| you | would have decorticated |
| they | would have decorticated |
Imperative
| you | decorticate |
| we | Let's decorticate |
| you | decorticate |
Verbs conjugated like 'decorticate'
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 'decorticate'
excorticate,
decaptivate,
decomplicate,
decoordinate,
decorate,
decoronate,
decorporate,
decorrelate,
decurtate,
demotivate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
The verb is first attested in 1611, the adjective in 1872; borrowed from Latin dēcorticātus, perfect passive participle of dēcorticō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- (“of, from”) + cortex (“bark”, oblique stem in cortic-) + -ō.
Sample Sentences
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[…] but its striking white trunk, which changes to a bright pink in late spring or summer just before it decorticates, makes it a handsome species. [1962, Lindsay Dixon Pryor, Trees in Canberra, page 89:]