Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to garrote
Participle: garroted
Gerund: garroting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | garrote |
| you | garrote |
| he;she;it | garrotes |
| we | garrote |
| you | garrote |
| they | garrote |
Perfect
| I | have garroted |
| you | have garroted |
| he;she;it | has garroted |
| we | have garroted |
| you | have garroted |
| they | have garroted |
Past
| I | garroted |
| you | garroted |
| he;she;it | garroted |
| we | garroted |
| you | garroted |
| they | garroted |
Pluperfect
| I | had garroted |
| you | had garroted |
| he;she;it | had garroted |
| we | had garroted |
| you | had garroted |
| they | had garroted |
Future
| I | will garrote |
| you | will garrote |
| he;she;it | will garrote |
| we | will garrote |
| you | will garrote |
| they | will garrote |
Future Perfect
| I | will have garroted |
| you | will have garroted |
| he;she;it | will have garroted |
| we | will have garroted |
| you | will have garroted |
| they | will have garroted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | garrote |
| you | garrote |
| he;she;it | garrote |
| we | garrote |
| you | garrote |
| they | garrote |
Perfect
| I | have garroted |
| you | have garroted |
| he;she;it | have garroted |
| we | have garroted |
| you | have garroted |
| they | have garroted |
Imperfect
| I | garroted |
| you | garroted |
| he;she;it | garroted |
| we | garroted |
| you | garroted |
| they | garroted |
Pluperfect
| I | had garroted |
| you | had garroted |
| he;she;it | had garroted |
| we | had garroted |
| you | had garroted |
| they | had garroted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would garrote |
| you | would garrote |
| he;she;it | would garrote |
| we | would garrote |
| you | would garrote |
| they | would garrote |
Perfect
| I | would have garroted |
| you | would have garroted |
| he;she;it | would have garroted |
| we | would have garroted |
| you | would have garroted |
| they | would have garroted |
Imperative
| you | garrote |
| we | Let's garrote |
| you | garrote |
Verbs conjugated like 'garrote'
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 'garrote'
garote,
garrot,
garrotte,
arrose,
carrot,
garotte,
narrate,
parrot,
aerate,
arret,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1622, "Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation," from Sp.
garrote "stick for twisting cord," of unknown origin, perhaps from O.Fr.
guaroc "club, stick, rod, shaft of a crossbow," probably ultimately Celtic. But possibly from Frank.
*wrokkan "to twist" (cf. M.Du.
wroken "to twist"). The verb meaning "to execute with a garrote" is from 1851; sense of "choking and then robbing" is from 1852.
"I have no hesitation in pronouncing death by the garrot, at once the most manly, and the least offensive to the eye." [Major Richardson, "British Legion," 1837]
2. From Spanish garrote. Doublet of garrot.
Sample Sentences
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I have not a sou, and for want of a few crowns I shall be garroted within a month unless I can escape, though, as I told you before, I have done nothing, a mere bagatelle; but the worst crimes in Spain are poverty and misery. [1843, George Borrow, The Bible in Spain, London: Cassell and Company, Ltd.:]
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“And then Lee may have fallen into the river, and Norton been garrotted. It is certainly a formidable indictment that you have against Bellingham; but if you were to place it before a police magistrate, he would simply laugh in your face.” [1894, Arthur Conan Doyle, “Lot No. 249”, in Round the Red Lamp […] :]
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About this time the police reports were full of cases of garrotting. The victim was seized from behind, one man gagged or burked him, while another picked his pocket. [1905, Henry J. Coke, Tracks of a Rolling Stone:]