waste – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of waste

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to waste
Participle: wasted
Gerund: wasting

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Iwaste
thouwaste(e)st
he;she;itwasteth; wastes
wewaste
yewaste
theywaste

Preterit (Past)

Iwasted
thouwasted(e)st
he;she;itwasted
wewasted
yewasted
theywasted

Subjunctive

Present

Iwaste
thouwaste
he;she;itwaste
wewaste
yewaste
theywaste

Preterit (Past)

Iwasted
thouwasted(e)st
he;she;itwasted
wewasted
yewasted
theywasted

Imperative

thouwaste
yewaste

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.