blacken – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of blacken

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to blacken
Participle: blackened
Gerund: blackening

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive
Hyphenation: black"en

Indicative

Present

Iblacken
thoublacken(e)st
he;she;itblackeneth; blackens
weblacken
yeblacken
theyblacken

Preterit (Past)

Iblackened
thoublackened(e)st
he;she;itblackened
weblackened
yeblackened
theyblackened

Subjunctive

Present

Iblacken
thoublacken
he;she;itblacken
weblacken
yeblacken
theyblacken

Preterit (Past)

Iblackened
thoublackened(e)st
he;she;itblackened
weblackened
yeblackened
theyblackened

Imperative

thoublacken
yeblacken

Notes:

  • Compound forms (perfect, pluperfect) are formed either with 'have' or 'be'.
  • Future is formed as in modern English, with auxiliary 'will'.
  • Conditional is formed as in modern English, with auxiliary 'would'.
  • Continuous forms are formed with auxiliary 'be' and gerund. Sometimes the gerund is preceded by 'a-'
  • Plural forms in present lost the '-en' ending, and was used only as a stylistic affectation to indicate rural or old-fashioned speech.