Past tense of excommunicate
regular verb
The past tense of excommunicate is excommunicated. The past participle is also excommunicated.
Forms of excommunicate
| Base form (V1) | excommunicate /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | excommunicated |
| Past participle (V3) | excommunicated |
| Present participle | excommunicating |
| Third person singular | excommunicates |
Excommunicated in a sentence
- “Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXXVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page...
- 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
- He's been a mess and a half ever since you excommunicated him.From the entry mess
- 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. From the entry mac
- Meanwhile support for the ‘puppet’ antipope Nicholas V, deprived of his protector and by now excommunicated along with his emperor, rapidly withered away.2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge, published 2008, page 59. From the entry antipope
Meaning of excommunicate
- verb To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
- verb To exclude from any other group; to banish.
- adjective Excommunicated.
Questions about the past tense of excommunicate
- What is the past tense of excommunicate?
- The past tense of excommunicate is excommunicated.
- What is the past participle of excommunicate?
- The past participle of excommunicate is excommunicated.
- Is excommunicate a regular or irregular verb?
- Excommunicate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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