Literary notes about Conjugate (AI summary)
The word "conjugate" appears in literature with meanings that shift according to context. In grammatical texts, it is used in a technical sense to instruct on the inflection or transformation of verbs into various tenses, as seen in exercises prompting one to conjugate verbs in both the present and past tenses ([1], [2], [3]). In contrast, within geometric discussions, "conjugate" describes specific spatial relationships, such as parallelism or complementarity between planes and diameters, as illustrated by expressions like "the diametral plane, conjugate to the diameter passing through the summit of the cone" ([4], [5], [6]). Additionally, authors like Dickens have employed the word in a more metaphorical fashion to convey transformation, where even abstract concepts like a "vast shadowy verb" are subject to conjugation ([7]). This multi-faceted use highlights the term’s versatility and how its implementation can vary dramatically across different literary genres.
- 3. Point out all the verbs (except the copula and auxiliaries) in Exercise 28, 1, and conjugate them in the present and the past tense.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge - Conjugate each verb in the tense in which it occurs.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge - When we inflect a verb we are said to conjugate it.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge - Its plane is parallel to the diametral plane, conjugate to the diameter passing through the summit of the cone.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The locus of their centers is the diameter conjugate to that one of the secant planes which passes through the center of the surface.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Conjugate tangents.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - When at last I dozed, in sheer exhaustion of mind and body, it became a vast shadowy verb which I had to conjugate.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
