Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to excommunicate
Participle: excommunicated
Gerund: excommunicating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | excommunicate |
| you | excommunicate |
| he;she;it | excommunicates |
| we | excommunicate |
| you | excommunicate |
| they | excommunicate |
Perfect
| I | have excommunicated |
| you | have excommunicated |
| he;she;it | has excommunicated |
| we | have excommunicated |
| you | have excommunicated |
| they | have excommunicated |
Past
| I | excommunicated |
| you | excommunicated |
| he;she;it | excommunicated |
| we | excommunicated |
| you | excommunicated |
| they | excommunicated |
Pluperfect
| I | had excommunicated |
| you | had excommunicated |
| he;she;it | had excommunicated |
| we | had excommunicated |
| you | had excommunicated |
| they | had excommunicated |
Future
| I | will excommunicate |
| you | will excommunicate |
| he;she;it | will excommunicate |
| we | will excommunicate |
| you | will excommunicate |
| they | will excommunicate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have excommunicated |
| you | will have excommunicated |
| he;she;it | will have excommunicated |
| we | will have excommunicated |
| you | will have excommunicated |
| they | will have excommunicated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | excommunicate |
| you | excommunicate |
| he;she;it | excommunicate |
| we | excommunicate |
| you | excommunicate |
| they | excommunicate |
Perfect
| I | have excommunicated |
| you | have excommunicated |
| he;she;it | have excommunicated |
| we | have excommunicated |
| you | have excommunicated |
| they | have excommunicated |
Imperfect
| I | excommunicated |
| you | excommunicated |
| he;she;it | excommunicated |
| we | excommunicated |
| you | excommunicated |
| they | excommunicated |
Pluperfect
| I | had excommunicated |
| you | had excommunicated |
| he;she;it | had excommunicated |
| we | had excommunicated |
| you | had excommunicated |
| they | had excommunicated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would excommunicate |
| you | would excommunicate |
| he;she;it | would excommunicate |
| we | would excommunicate |
| you | would excommunicate |
| they | would excommunicate |
Perfect
| I | would have excommunicated |
| you | would have excommunicated |
| he;she;it | would have excommunicated |
| we | would have excommunicated |
| you | would have excommunicated |
| they | would have excommunicated |
Imperative
| you | excommunicate |
| we | Let's excommunicate |
| you | excommunicate |
Verbs conjugated like 'excommunicate'
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 'excommunicate'
communicate,
recommunicate,
miscommunicate,
overcommunicate,
telecommunicate,
communifake,
excommune,
excorticate,
intercommunicate,
commentate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“excommunicate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ex- + communicate.
Sample Sentences
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“Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It’s absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain. [1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXXVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 294:]
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The Vatican has excommunicated a rebel group of ultra-conservative Catholics who defied Pope Leo by ordaining bishops without his consent, creating a schism in the Roman Catholic church. […] “The Vatican hopes that by being harsh on the bishops, the priests and faithful, maybe some of them will repent and turn back to mother church. Because it’s not nice to be excommunicated.” [2026 July 2, Angela Giuffrida, “Vatican excommunicates all members of ultra-conservative rebel group SSPX”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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Samois includes celebate ^([sic]), heterosexual and bisexual women as well as lesbians, and I feel very strongly that this is the wisest choice. Our community is so fragile that we can't afford to fragment it by excommunicating non-lesbian women. [1982 December 18, Pat Califa, “Open Policy”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 22, page 5:]
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Although our Macs served us well, in those early, dark years Macintosh users were effectively excommunicated by the computer establishment. [1987, InfoWorld, volume 9, number 37, page 46:]