suspect – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of suspect

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to suspect
Participle: suspected
Gerund: suspecting

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive
Hyphenation: sus*pect"

Indicative

Present

Isuspect
thoususpect(e)st
he;she;itsuspecteth; suspects
wesuspect
yesuspect
theysuspect

Preterit (Past)

Isuspected
thoususpected(e)st
he;she;itsuspected
wesuspected
yesuspected
theysuspected

Subjunctive

Present

Isuspect
thoususpect
he;she;itsuspect
wesuspect
yesuspect
theysuspect

Preterit (Past)

Isuspected
thoususpected(e)st
he;she;itsuspected
wesuspected
yesuspected
theysuspected

Imperative

thoususpect
yesuspect

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.