Past tense of coax
regular verb
The past tense of coax is coaxed. The past participle is also coaxed.
Forms of coax
| Base form (V1) | coax /kəʊks/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | coaxed /kəʊkst/ |
| Past participle (V3) | coaxed /kəʊkst/ |
| Present participle | coaxing /ˈkəʊksɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | coaxes /kəʊksɪz/ |
Coaxed in a sentence
- He coaxed the horse gently into the trailer.
- She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
- The brakeman had to help the fireman shovel coal into the firebox as the engineer coaxed his locomotive up grade.From the entry fire box
- He bent down to unsmother a still-warm vineroot and coaxed it alive.1997, Karin Kavelin Jones, Antonio Ligabue, Beast in the Mirror: The Life of Outsider Artist Antonio Ligabue, page 90. From the entry unsmother
- 'Come on, sing, you blighter,' coaxed Appan, looking tenderly at the silent Geevarghese.1992, Geeta Dharmarajan, Katha Prize Stories, Katha, →ISBN, page 139. From the entry Geevarghese
Meaning of coax
- verb To fondle, kid, pet, tease.
- verb To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
- verb To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.
Questions about the past tense of coax
- What is the past tense of coax?
- The past tense of coax is coaxed.
- What is the past participle of coax?
- The past participle of coax is coaxed.
- Is coax a regular or irregular verb?
- Coax is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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