quittance – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of quittance

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to quittance
Participle: quittanced
Gerund: quittancing

Transitiviness: transitive
Hyphenation: quit"tance

Indicative

Present

Iquittance
thouquittance(e)st
he;she;itquittanceth; quittances
wequittance
yequittance
theyquittance

Preterit (Past)

Iquittanced
thouquittanced(e)st
he;she;itquittanced
wequittanced
yequittanced
theyquittanced

Subjunctive

Present

Iquittance
thouquittance
he;she;itquittance
wequittance
yequittance
theyquittance

Preterit (Past)

Iquittanced
thouquittanced(e)st
he;she;itquittanced
wequittanced
yequittanced
theyquittanced

Imperative

thouquittance
yequittance

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.