confide – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of confide

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to confide
Participle: confided
Gerund: confiding

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive
Hyphenation: con*fide"

Indicative

Present

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

Preterit (Past)

Iconfided
thouconfided(e)st
he;she;itconfided
weconfided
yeconfided
theyconfided

Subjunctive

Present

Iconfide
thouconfide
he;she;itconfide
weconfide
yeconfide
theyconfide

Preterit (Past)

Iconfided
thouconfided(e)st
he;she;itconfided
weconfided
yeconfided
theyconfided

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.