science – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of science

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to science
Participle: scienced
Gerund: sciencing

Transitiviness: transitive
Hyphenation: sci"ence

Indicative

Present

Iscience
thouscience(e)st
he;she;itscienceth; sciences
wescience
yescience
theyscience

Preterit (Past)

Iscienced
thouscienced(e)st
he;she;itscienced
wescienced
yescienced
theyscienced

Subjunctive

Present

Iscience
thouscience
he;she;itscience
wescience
yescience
theyscience

Preterit (Past)

Iscienced
thouscienced(e)st
he;she;itscienced
wescienced
yescienced
theyscienced

Imperative

thouscience
yescience

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.