overplease – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of overplease

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to overplease
Participle: overpleased
Gerund: overpleasing

Transitiviness: transitive
Hyphenation: o`ver*please"

Indicative

Present

Ioverplease
thouoverplease(e)st
he;she;itoverpleaseth; overpleases
weoverplease
yeoverplease
theyoverplease

Preterit (Past)

Ioverpleased
thouoverpleased(e)st
he;she;itoverpleased
weoverpleased
yeoverpleased
theyoverpleased

Subjunctive

Present

Ioverplease
thouoverplease
he;she;itoverplease
weoverplease
yeoverplease
theyoverplease

Preterit (Past)

Ioverpleased
thouoverpleased(e)st
he;she;itoverpleased
weoverpleased
yeoverpleased
theyoverpleased

Imperative

thouoverplease
yeoverplease

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.