ascend – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of ascend

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to ascend
Participle: ascended
Gerund: ascending

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive
Hyphenation: as*cend"

Indicative

Present

Iascend
thouascend(e)st
he;she;itascendeth; ascends
weascend
yeascend
theyascend

Preterit (Past)

Iascended
thouascended(e)st
he;she;itascended
weascended
yeascended
theyascended

Subjunctive

Present

Iascend
thouascend
he;she;itascend
weascend
yeascend
theyascend

Preterit (Past)

Iascended
thouascended(e)st
he;she;itascended
weascended
yeascended
theyascended

Imperative

thouascend
yeascend

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.