despire

despire

Old French

Etymology

Latin dēspiciō.

Verb

despire

1. to despise

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 despire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		despire			avoir despit
gerund		en despisant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		despisant
past participle		despit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	despis	despis	despist, despit	despisons	despisiez	despisent
	imperfect	despisoie, despiseie	despisoies, despiseies	despisoit, despiseit	despisiiens, despisiens	despisiiez, despisiez	despisoient, despiseient
	preterite	despis	despeṣis, despiṣis	despist	despeṣimes, despiṣimes	despeṣistes, despiṣistes	despisdrent
	future	despirai, despirrai	despiras, despirras	despira, despirra	despirons, despirrons	despiroiz, despireiz, despirez, despirroiz, despirreiz, despirrez	despiront, despirront
	conditional	despiroie, despireie, despirroie, despirreie	despiroies, despireies, despirroies, despirreies	despiroit, despireit, despirroit, despirreit	despiriiens, despiriens, despirriiens, despirriens	despiriiez, despiriez, despirriiez, despirriez	despiroient, despireient, despirroient, despirreient
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	despise	despises	despise	despisiens, despisons	despisiez	despisent
	imperfect	despeṣisse, despiṣisse	despeṣisses, despiṣisses	despeṣist, despiṣist	despeṣissons, despeṣissiens, despiṣissons, despiṣissiens	despeṣissoiz, despeṣissez, despeṣissiez, despiṣissoiz, despiṣissez, despiṣissiez	despeṣissent, despiṣissent
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	–
		—	despis	—	despisons	despisiez	—

Descendants

• English: despise (borrowed)