cavort – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of cavort

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to cavort
Participle: cavorted
Gerund: cavorting

Transitiviness: intransitive
Hyphenation: ca*vort"

Indicative

Present

Icavort
thoucavort(e)st
he;she;itcavorteth; cavorts
wecavort
yecavort
theycavort

Preterit (Past)

Icavorted
thoucavorted(e)st
he;she;itcavorted
wecavorted
yecavorted
theycavorted

Subjunctive

Present

Icavort
thoucavort
he;she;itcavort
wecavort
yecavort
theycavort

Preterit (Past)

Icavorted
thoucavorted(e)st
he;she;itcavorted
wecavorted
yecavorted
theycavorted

Imperative

thoucavort
yecavort

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.