righten – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of righten

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to righten
Participle: rightened
Gerund: rightening

Transitiviness: transitive
Hyphenation: right"en

Indicative

Present

Irighten
thourighten(e)st
he;she;itrighteneth; rightens
werighten
yerighten
theyrighten

Preterit (Past)

Irightened
thourightened(e)st
he;she;itrightened
werightened
yerightened
theyrightened

Subjunctive

Present

Irighten
thourighten
he;she;itrighten
werighten
yerighten
theyrighten

Preterit (Past)

Irightened
thourightened(e)st
he;she;itrightened
werightened
yerightened
theyrightened

Imperative

thourighten
yerighten

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.