oscitate – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of oscitate

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to oscitate
Participle: oscitated
Gerund: oscitating

Transitiviness: intransitive
Hyphenation: os"ci*tate

Indicative

Present

Ioscitate
thouoscitate(e)st
he;she;itoscitateth; oscitates
weoscitate
yeoscitate
theyoscitate

Preterit (Past)

Ioscitated
thouoscitated(e)st
he;she;itoscitated
weoscitated
yeoscitated
theyoscitated

Subjunctive

Present

Ioscitate
thouoscitate
he;she;itoscitate
weoscitate
yeoscitate
theyoscitate

Preterit (Past)

Ioscitated
thouoscitated(e)st
he;she;itoscitated
weoscitated
yeoscitated
theyoscitated

Imperative

thouoscitate
yeoscitate

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.