ossify – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of ossify

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to ossify
Participle: ossified
Gerund: ossifying

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive
Hyphenation: os"si*fy

Indicative

Present

Iossify
thouossify(e)st
he;she;itossifieth; ossifies
weossify
yeossify
theyossify

Preterit (Past)

Iossified
thouossified(e)st
he;she;itossified
weossified
yeossified
theyossified

Subjunctive

Present

Iossify
thouossify
he;she;itossify
weossify
yeossify
theyossify

Preterit (Past)

Iossified
thouossified(e)st
he;she;itossified
weossified
yeossified
theyossified

Imperative

thouossify
yeossify

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.