gaze – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of gaze

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to gaze
Participle: gazed
Gerund: gazing

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Igaze
thougaze(e)st
he;she;itgazeth; gazes
wegaze
yegaze
theygaze

Preterit (Past)

Igazed
thougazed(e)st
he;she;itgazed
wegazed
yegazed
theygazed

Subjunctive

Present

Igaze
thougaze
he;she;itgaze
wegaze
yegaze
theygaze

Preterit (Past)

Igazed
thougazed(e)st
he;she;itgazed
wegazed
yegazed
theygazed

Imperative

thougaze
yegaze

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.