confide – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of confide

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to confide
Participle: confideeed
Gerund: confideing

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive
Hyphenation: con*fide"

Indicative

Present

Iconfide
thouconfidee(e)st
he;she;itconfideth; confides
weconfide
yeconfide
theyconfide

Preterit (Past)

Iconfideeed
thouconfideeed(e)st
he;she;itconfideeed
weconfideeed
yeconfideeed
theyconfideeed

Subjunctive

Present

Iconfide
thouconfide
he;she;itconfide
weconfide
yeconfide
theyconfide

Preterit (Past)

Iconfideeed
thouconfideeed(e)st
he;she;itconfideeed
weconfideeed
yeconfideeed
theyconfideeed

Imperative

thouconfide
yeconfide

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.