ransack – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of ransack

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to ransack
Participle: ransacked
Gerund: ransacking

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive
Hyphenation: ran"sack

Indicative

Present

Iransack
thouransack(e)st
he;she;itransacketh; ransacks
weransack
yeransack
theyransack

Preterit (Past)

Iransacked
thouransacked(e)st
he;she;itransacked
weransacked
yeransacked
theyransacked

Subjunctive

Present

Iransack
thouransack
he;she;itransack
weransack
yeransack
theyransack

Preterit (Past)

Iransacked
thouransacked(e)st
he;she;itransacked
weransacked
yeransacked
theyransacked

Imperative

thouransack
yeransack

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.