masticate – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of masticate

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to masticate
Participle: masticated
Gerund: masticating

Transitiviness: transitive
Hyphenation: mas"ti*cate

Indicative

Present

Imasticate
thoumasticate(e)st
he;she;itmasticateth; masticates
wemasticate
yemasticate
theymasticate

Preterit (Past)

Imasticated
thoumasticated(e)st
he;she;itmasticated
wemasticated
yemasticated
theymasticated

Subjunctive

Present

Imasticate
thoumasticate
he;she;itmasticate
wemasticate
yemasticate
theymasticate

Preterit (Past)

Imasticated
thoumasticated(e)st
he;she;itmasticated
wemasticated
yemasticated
theymasticated

Imperative

thoumasticate
yemasticate

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.