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verb · intransitive · rare

screwtape

screwtape · screwtapes · screwtaped · screwtaping

To mess things up, to corrupt, to be devilishTo mess things up, to corrupt, to be devilish.

Meaning

1 senses

To mess things up, to corrupt, to be devilish.

Origin

In reference to the C. S. Lewis book The Screwtape Letters (1942), about an inexperienced

In reference to the C. S. Lewis book The Screwtape Letters (1942), about an inexperienced demon sent to tempt a man to sin, from screw + tape.

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Forms

screwtapes, screwtaping, screwtaped, screwtaped

Base form	screwtape · to screwtape
3rd person singular	screwtapes
Present participle	screwtaping
Past simple	screwtaped
Past participle	screwtaped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	screwtape
he, she, it	screwtapes

Past simpleLesson

all persons

screwtaped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have screwtaped
he, she, it	has screwtaped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will screwtape

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

screenwriterC1 screwA2 screwdriver scribbleB2 scribe

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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