top-dress – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of top-dress

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to top-dress
Participle: top-dressed
Gerund: top-dressing

Transitiviness: transitive
Hyphenation: top"-dress`

Indicative

Present

Itop-dress
thoutop-dressest
he;she;ittop-dresseth; top-dresses
wetop-dress
yetop-dress
theytop-dress

Preterit (Past)

Itop-dressed
thoutop-dressed(e)st
he;she;ittop-dressed
wetop-dressed
yetop-dressed
theytop-dressed

Subjunctive

Present

Itop-dress
thoutop-dress
he;she;ittop-dress
wetop-dress
yetop-dress
theytop-dress

Preterit (Past)

Itop-dressed
thoutop-dressed(e)st
he;she;ittop-dressed
wetop-dressed
yetop-dressed
theytop-dressed

Imperative

thoutop-dress
yetop-dress

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.