acroistre
Old French
Alternative forms
- acreistre (Anglo-Norman)
- accreistre, accroistre
Etymology
From Latin accrescere.
Pronunciation
- (archaic) IPA(key): /aˈkrei̯strə/
- (classical) IPA(key): /aˈkroi̯strə/
- (late) IPA(key): /aˈkro̯ɛstrə/
Verb
acroistre
- to augment; to increase
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Por sa honte acroistre ou vangier[.]
- -To either increase or avenge his shame.
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, De l'Estat du Monde:
- Bien pueent lor richece acroistre.
- Well can they increase their richness
- 1256 September 15, letter from Jean d'Ibelin:
- Et as vilayns aussi de ma devant dite terre, vos ne devez ne nen poes accreistre sur eaus aucune novele droiture, ne prendre nule autre: que cele qui a este et est accostumee dou prendre sa en arrieres par les us et les costumes de la terre.
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of acroistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | acroistre | avoir acreü | |||||
| gerund | en acroissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | acroissant | ||||||
| past participle | acreü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | acrois | acrois | acroist | acroissons | acroissiez | acroissent |
| imperfect | acroissoie, acroisseie | acroissoies, acroisseies | acroissoit, acroisseit | acroissiiens, acroissiens | acroissiiez, acroissiez | acroissoient, acroisseient | |
| preterite | acrui | acreüs | acrut | acreümes | acreüstes | acrurent | |
| future | acroistrai | acroistras | acroistra | acroistrons | acroistroiz, acroistreiz, acroistrez | acroistront | |
| conditional | acroistroie, acroistreie | acroistroies, acroistreies | acroistroit, acroistreit | acroistriiens, acroistriens | acroistriiez, acroistriez | acroistroient, acroistreient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | acroisse | acroisses | acroisse | acroissiens, acroissons | acroissiez | acroissent |
| imperfect | acreüsse | acreüsses | acreüst | acreüssons, acreüssiens | acreüssoiz, acreüssez, acreüssiez | acreüssent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | acrois | — | acroissons | acroissiez | — | ||
Descendants
- Anglo-Norman: acreistre
- → Middle English: acresen, accreesen
- English: accrease (obsolete)
- →⇒ Middle English: acrewen, acruwen
- English: accrue
- Norman: accreître
- → Middle English: acresen, accreesen
- Middle French: accroistre
- French: accroître
References
- M. Sainte-Palaye et al. (1875) Dictionnaire historique de l'ancien langage françois, ou Glossaire de la langue franxoise depuis son origine jusqu'au siecle de Louis XIV, volume 1, page 52