cleanse – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of cleanse

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to cleanse
Participle: cleansed
Gerund: cleansing

Transitiviness: transitive

Indicative

Present

Icleanse
thoucleanse(e)st
he;she;itcleanseth; cleanses
wecleanse
yecleanse
theycleanse

Preterit (Past)

Icleansed
thoucleansed(e)st
he;she;itcleansed
wecleansed
yecleansed
theycleansed

Subjunctive

Present

Icleanse
thoucleanse
he;she;itcleanse
wecleanse
yecleanse
theycleanse

Preterit (Past)

Icleansed
thoucleansed(e)st
he;she;itcleansed
wecleansed
yecleansed
theycleansed

Imperative

thoucleanse
yecleanse

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.