conjugate
conjugating
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present participleof conjugate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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By conjugating metals like platinum with organic photosensitive ligands, they significantly enhanced the photo-oxidation capability.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023
Worse, I get 47% one day, due to my apparent inability to follow simple instructions conjugating the imperfect.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 1, 2019
Their schedules may also include language courses, where conjugating verbs and learning proper syntax, for example, can’t be considered an ideological task.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2018
Those mind-numbing exercises in high school—factoring polynomials, conjugating verbs, memorizing the periodic table—were possibly the opposite: mind-sensitizing.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 27, 2017
In the mornings she teaches arithmetic to his younger pupils, and afterward spends many hours at his bright-white shirtsleeve conjugating the self-same reflexive verbs—I’homme se noie—which a year ago she declared pointless.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
