flower – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of flower

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to flower
Participle: flowered
Gerund: flowering

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive
Hyphenation: flow"er

Indicative

Present

Iflower
thouflower(e)st
he;she;itflowereth; flowers
weflower
yeflower
theyflower

Preterit (Past)

Iflowered
thouflowered(e)st
he;she;itflowered
weflowered
yeflowered
theyflowered

Subjunctive

Present

Iflower
thouflower
he;she;itflower
weflower
yeflower
theyflower

Preterit (Past)

Iflowered
thouflowered(e)st
he;she;itflowered
weflowered
yeflowered
theyflowered

Imperative

thouflower
yeflower

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.