compeller
English
Etymology
compel + -er
Noun
compeller (plural compellers)
- Agent noun of compel; one who compels.
Latin
Verb
compeller
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of compellō
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin compellō.
Verb
compeller
- to compel; to force to do
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ell, *-ells, *-ellt are modified to el, eaus, eaut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of compeller (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | compeller | avoir compellé | |||||
gerund | en compellant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | compellant | ||||||
past participle | compellé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses | present | compel | compelles | compelle | compellons | compellez | compellent |
imperfect | compelloie, compelleie, compelloe, compelleve | compelloies, compelleies, compelloes, compelleves | compelloit, compelleit, compellot, compelleve | compelliiens, compelliens | compelliiez, compelliez | compelloient, compelleient, compelloent, compellevent | |
preterite | compellai | compellas | compella | compellames | compellastes | compellerent | |
future | compellerai | compelleras | compellera | compellerons | compelleroiz, compellereiz, compellerez | compelleront | |
conditional | compelleroie, compellereie | compelleroies, compellereies | compelleroit, compellereit | compelleriiens, compelleriens | compelleriiez, compelleriez | compelleroient, compellereient | |
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 | compel | compeaus | compeaut | compellons | compellez | compellent |
imperfect | compellasse | compellasses | compellast | compellissons, compellissiens | compellissoiz, compellissez, compellissiez | compellassent | |
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 | – | |
— | compelle | — | compellons | compellez | — |
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (compeller)
- compeller on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub