contreroller

contreroller

Middle French

Verb

contreroller

1. to control
   • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:

     Si nous nous amusions par fois à nous considerer, et le temps que nous mettons à contreroller autruy et à connoistre les choses qui sont hors de nous, que nous l'emploissions à nous sonder nous mesmes, nous sentirions aisément combien toute cette nostre contexture est bastie de pieces foibles et defaillantes.

     If we sometimes amused ourselves by considering ourselves, and the time that we use to control that which is around us and know the things that are beyond us, if we used it to examine ourselves, we would easily understand to what point our surroundings are built out of feeble, defective bits.

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

   Conjugation of contreroller

		simple			compound
infinitive		contreroller			avoir contrerollé
gerund		en contrerollant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		contrerollant
past participle		contrerollé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (may be i' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ilz, elles
simple tenses	present	contrerolle	contrerolles	contrerolle	contrerollons	contrerollez	contrerollent
	imperfect	contrerollois, contrerolloys	contrerollois, contrerolloys	contrerolloit, contrerolloyt	contrerollions, contrerollyons	contrerolliez, contrerollyez	contrerolloient, contrerolloyent
	past historic	contrerolla	contrerollas	contrerolla	contrerollasmes	contrerollastes	contrerollerent
	future	contrerollerai, contrerolleray	contrerolleras	contrerollera	contrerollerons	contrerollerez	contrerolleront
	conditional	contrerollerois, contrerolleroys	contrerollerois, contrerolleroys	contrerolleroit, contrerolleroyt	contrerollerions, contrerolleryons	contrerolleriez, contrerolleryez	contrerolleroient, contrerolleroyent
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 past historic 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 ie	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	contrerolle	contrerolles	contrerolle	contrerollons	contrerollez	contrerollent
	imperfect	contrerollasse	contrerollasses	contrerollast	contrerollassions	contrerollassiez	contrerollassent
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	–	nous	vous	–
		—	contrerolle	—	contrerollons	contrerollez	—

Descendants

• Middle English: controllen (borrowed)
  • English: control
• French: contrôler