decide – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of decide

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to decide
Participle: decided
Gerund: deciding

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive
Hyphenation: de*cide"

Indicative

Present

Idecide
thoudecide(e)st
he;she;itdecideth; decides
wedecide
yedecide
theydecide

Preterit (Past)

Idecided
thoudecided(e)st
he;she;itdecided
wedecided
yedecided
theydecided

Subjunctive

Present

Idecide
thoudecide
he;she;itdecide
wedecide
yedecide
theydecide

Preterit (Past)

Idecided
thoudecided(e)st
he;she;itdecided
wedecided
yedecided
theydecided

Imperative

thoudecide
yedecide

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.