CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO METHOUGHT
PRESENT
Present
I methink
you methink
he/she/it methinks
we methink
you methink
they methink
Present continuous
I am methinking
you are methinking
he/she/it is methinking
we are methinking
you are methinking
they are methinking
Present perfect
I have methought
you have methought
he/she/it has methought
we have methought
you have methought
they have methought
Present perfect continuous
I have been methinking
you have been methinking
he/she/it has been methinking
we have been methinking
you have been methinking
they have been methinking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I methought
you methought
he/she/it methought
we methought
you methought
they methought
Past continuous
I was methinking
you were methinking
he/she/it was methinking
we were methinking
you were methinking
they were methinking
Past perfect
I had methought
you had methought
he/she/it had methought
we had methought
you had methought
they had methought
Past perfect continuous
I had been methinking
you had been methinking
he/she/it had been methinking
we had been methinking
you had been methinking
they had been methinking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will methink
you will methink
he/she/it will methink
we will methink
you will methink
they will methink
Future continuous
I will be methinking
you will be methinking
he/she/it will be methinking
we will be methinking
you will be methinking
they will be methinking
Future perfect
I will have methought
you will have methought
he/she/it will have methought
we will have methought
you will have methought
they will have methought
Future perfect continuous
I will have been methinking
you will have been methinking
he/she/it will have been methinking
we will have been methinking
you will have been methinking
they will have been methinking
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would methought
you would methought
he/she/it would methought
we would methought
you would methought
they would methought
Conditional continuous
I would be methinking
you would be methinking
he/she/it would be methinking
we would be methinking
you would be methinking
they would be methinking
Conditional perfect
I would have methought
you would have methought
he/she/it would have methought
we would have methought
you would have methought
they would have methought
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been methinking
you would have been methinking
he/she/it would have been methinking
we would have been methinking
you would have been methinking
they would have been methinking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you methink
we let´s methink
you methink
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
methought
Present Participle
methinking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «METHOUGHT»
Discover the use of
methought in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
methought and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Complete Concordance to Shakspere: Being a Verbal Index ...
2 and anon, methought. the wood began — v. ft the aun of heaven, methought
King John, v. 5 and methought, he had made two . Л Henry I V. il. X methought,
he made a shrewd thnut — li. 4 ma foi I the other day, ...
Mary Cowden- Clarke, 1870
2
The Complete Concordance to Shakspeare: Being a Verbal Index ...
I methought. all his senses were . . Law's 1.. Lost. Ii. hear you; methou ht. you said
. . Mean] Vrru'ce. I. ever saw him. met ought he was...“ youLiltril. v. a mother.
methought you saw . . .. . . .. Ali'sli'ell. i. methought. you said. you saw one.
Methought I was —there is no man can tell what. Methought I was, and
methought I had—but man is but a fool, if he will only offer to say what methought
I had.” The formula occurs elsewhere in Shakespeare (in Richard II, The Tempest
, Hamlet ...
4
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady (Volume II ...
Methought the old lady, moved with Dorcas's story, answered and said, 'Hasten,
O damsel, who in a happy moment art come to put it in my power to serve the
innocent and virtuous, which it has always been my delight to do: hasten to this ...
5
The Novelist's Magazine
Methought then, the matronly lady, who had, by the time the young lady came to
her, bought and paid for the goods she wapted, ordered her coachman to drive
home with all speed; who stopped not till he had arrived in a certain street, not far
...
6
Clarissa: Or, the History of a Young Lady. Comprehending the ...
Methought then, the matronly lady, who had, by the time the young lady came to
her, bought and paid for the goods she wanted, ordered her coachman to drive
home with all speed; who stopped not till he had arrived in a certain street, not far
...
7
Ballantyne's novelist's library
And, methought, all the way the young lady and the old lady rode, and after they
came in, till dinner was ready, the young lady filled up the time with the dismal
account of her wrongs and her sufferings, the like of which was never heard by ...
8
The novels of Samuel Richardson, esq. To which is prefixed, ...
And, methought, all the way the young lady and the old lady rode, and after they
came in, till dinner was ready, the young lady filled up the time with the dismal
account of her wrongs and her sufferings, the like of which was never heard by ...
9
The Novels of Samuel Richardson, Esq. Viz. Pamela, Clarissa ...
And, methought, all the way the young lady and the old lady rode, and after they
came in, till dinner was ready, the young lady filled up the time with the dismal
account of her wrongs and her sufferings, the like of which was never heard by ...
10
The political Quixote; or, The adventures of the renowned ...
Methought I saw ferocious and unrelenting ruffians, empaling on their pikes
imploring infants, whose cherub looks and piteous supplications would have
softened the hearts of the most obdurate savages. — Methought I saw their
parents ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «METHOUGHT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
methought is used in the context of the following news items.
Sam Waterston Wields Prospero's Staff In Breezy 'Tempest' – Review
will make me sleep again; and then, in dreaming, the clouds methought would open and show riches ready to drop upon me that, when I waked ... «Deadline, Jun 15»
Gang-gang: Once Was Rapunzel
She got round after round of supportive applause from her library colleagues and cheerfulness prevailed all morning and yet, methought, there ... «The Canberra Times, Mar 15»
EDITORIAL: Dr. King's dream remains unrealized
It is a dream not unlike that of Shakespeare's Caliban in “The Tempest:” “In dreaming, the clouds methought would open, and show ... «Asbury Park Press, Jan 15»
Minties moments
Methought he had about him some of the steely focus, where coin collecting is concerned, that Steve Waugh used to show about captaining ... «The Canberra Times, Jan 15»
RGIII Descends Into Madness, Punts To Himself At Redskins Park
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen vendor. The smells of encased meats prepared for us wafting through the ... «Uproxx, Dec 14»
Shakespeare, with monsters and misogyny
“Lord, Lord, methought, what pain it was to drown,” he says chillingly, as the cell around him dissolves and reforms and turns into precarious ... «The Globe and Mail, Sep 14»
From the archive, 5 September 1905: Julia Neilson and Fred Terry in …
The dialogue is, it is true, a little remote from nature sometimes - speeches begin with “Methought”; Parisian Republicans regularly prefix “the ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
Raucous Laughter From the Grave of Orwell
Today my thoughts passed over the grave of Orwell and methought I heard raucous laughter. Let's hope it signifies the man is somewhere ... «MWC News, Aug 14»
The media and Julia Gillard – what women don't deserve
... universities. Generally, though, methought as I hurried off to look up what "fantapants" means, in my case she had preached to the converted. «The Canberra Times, Aug 14»
Posthumous Love: Eros and the Afterlife in Renaissance England …
In what she calls her “limit cases”, she considers Henry King's bereft Exequy and Milton's “Methought I saw my late espousèd saint”. «Times Higher Education, May 14»
