decevoir

decevoir

See also: décevoir

Middle French

Etymology

Old French decevoir.

Verb

decevoir

1. to deceive; to trick; to fool

Descendants

• French: décevoir

References

• decevoir on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)

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Old French

Alternative forms

• deceivre
• deçoivre

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dēcipēre, variant form of Classical Latin dēcipĕre, present active infinitive of dēcipiō.

Verb

decevoir

1. to deceive; to trick; to fool
   • 12^th or 13^th century, Gace Brule (in "Anthologie de la poésie lyrique française des XII^e et XIII^e siècles), Contre tanz que voi frimer, →ISBN:

     Mais ciaus qui trichent Amour
     Et servent pour decevoir

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem deçoiv distinct from the unstressed stem decev, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of decevoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		decevoir			avoir deceü
gerund		en decevant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		decevant
past participle		deceü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	deçoif, deçoi	deçois	deçoit	decevons	decevez	deçoivent
	imperfect	decevoie, deceveie	decevoies, deceveies	decevoit, deceveit	deceviiens, deceviens	deceviiez, deceviez	decevoient, deceveient
	preterite	deçui	deceüs	deçut	deceümes	deceüstes	deçurent
	future	decevrai	decevras	decevra	decevrons	decevroiz, decevreiz, decevrez	decevront
	conditional	decevroie, decevreie	decevroies, decevreies	decevroit, decevreit	decevriiens, decevriens	decevriiez, decevriez	decevroient, decevreient
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	deçoive	deçoives	deçoive	decevons	decevez	deçoivent
	imperfect	deceüsse	deceüsses	deceüst	deceüssons, deceüssiens	deceüssoiz, deceüssez, deceüssiez	deceüssent
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	–
		—	deçoif	—	decevons	decevez	—