flout – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of flout

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to flout
Participle: flouted
Gerund: flouting

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Iflout
thouflout(e)st
he;she;itflouteth; flouts
weflout
yeflout
theyflout

Preterit (Past)

Iflouted
thouflouted(e)st
he;she;itflouted
weflouted
yeflouted
theyflouted

Subjunctive

Present

Iflout
thouflout
he;she;itflout
weflout
yeflout
theyflout

Preterit (Past)

Iflouted
thouflouted(e)st
he;she;itflouted
weflouted
yeflouted
theyflouted

Imperative

thouflout
yeflout

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.