To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.
Infinitivepretext
Past simplepretexted
Past participlepretexted
-ing formpretexting
Full conjugation of the English verb to pretext (past simple pretexted,
past participle pretexted):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
pretext
you
pretext
he/she/it
pretexts
we
pretext
you
pretext
they
pretext
Present continuous
I
am pretexting
you
are pretexting
he/she/it
is pretexting
we
are pretexting
you
are pretexting
they
are pretexting
Present perfect
I
have pretexted
you
have pretexted
he/she/it
has pretexted
we
have pretexted
you
have pretexted
they
have pretexted
Present perfect continuous
I
have been pretexting
you
have been pretexting
he/she/it
has been pretexting
we
have been pretexting
you
have been pretexting
they
have been pretexting
Past simple
I
pretexted
you
pretexted
he/she/it
pretexted
we
pretexted
you
pretexted
they
pretexted
Past continuous
I
was pretexting
you
were pretexting
he/she/it
was pretexting
we
were pretexting
you
were pretexting
they
were pretexting
Past perfect
I
had pretexted
you
had pretexted
he/she/it
had pretexted
we
had pretexted
you
had pretexted
they
had pretexted
Past perfect continuous
I
had been pretexting
you
had been pretexting
he/she/it
had been pretexting
we
had been pretexting
you
had been pretexting
they
had been pretexting
Future simple
I
will pretext
you
will pretext
he/she/it
will pretext
we
will pretext
you
will pretext
they
will pretext
Future continuous
I
will be pretexting
you
will be pretexting
he/she/it
will be pretexting
we
will be pretexting
you
will be pretexting
they
will be pretexting
Future perfect
I
will have pretexted
you
will have pretexted
he/she/it
will have pretexted
we
will have pretexted
you
will have pretexted
they
will have pretexted
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been pretexting
you
will have been pretexting
he/she/it
will have been pretexting
we
will have been pretexting
you
will have been pretexting
they
will have been pretexting
Conditional
Present
I
would pretext
you
would pretext
he/she/it
would pretext
we
would pretext
you
would pretext
they
would pretext
Present continuous
I
would be pretexting
you
would be pretexting
he/she/it
would be pretexting
we
would be pretexting
you
would be pretexting
they
would be pretexting
Perfect
I
would have pretexted
you
would have pretexted
he/she/it
would have pretexted
we
would have pretexted
you
would have pretexted
they
would have pretexted
Perfect continuous
I
would have been pretexting
you
would have been pretexting
he/she/it
would have been pretexting
we
would have been pretexting
you
would have been pretexting
they
would have been pretexting
Subjunctive
Present
that I
pretext
that you
pretext
that he/she/it
pretext
that we
pretext
that you
pretext
that they
pretext
Past
if I
pretexted
if you
pretexted
if he/she/it
pretexted
if we
pretexted
if you
pretexted
if they
pretexted
Imperative
Affirmative
you
pretext
we
let's pretext
Negative
you
don't pretext
we
let's not pretext
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to pretext
Perfect infinitive
to have pretexted
Present participle / gerund
pretexting
Past participle
pretexted
Conjugations: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), adapted, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.