degrease – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of degrease

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to degrease
Participle: degreased
Gerund: degreasing

Transitiviness: transitive
Hyphenation: de*grease"

Indicative

Present

Idegrease
thoudegrease(e)st
he;she;itdegreaseth; degreases
wedegrease
yedegrease
theydegrease

Preterit (Past)

Idegreased
thoudegreased(e)st
he;she;itdegreased
wedegreased
yedegreased
theydegreased

Subjunctive

Present

Idegrease
thoudegrease
he;she;itdegrease
wedegrease
yedegrease
theydegrease

Preterit (Past)

Idegreased
thoudegreased(e)st
he;she;itdegreased
wedegreased
yedegreased
theydegreased

Imperative

thoudegrease
yedegrease

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.