despouiller
Middle French
Etymology
Latin despoliare
Verb
despouiller
- to skin (animal)
- (figuratively) to strip away, to remove
- elle se mesla parmi ses compaignes : lesquelles ayant außi despouillé la prarie de sa dignite (L'Arcadie-Trad-Massin, published 1544, Paris)
- She went amongst her friends, who had also stripped the prairie of its dignity.
- elle se mesla parmi ses compaignes : lesquelles ayant außi despouillé la prarie de sa dignite (L'Arcadie-Trad-Massin, published 1544, Paris)
- to undress (someone)
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 39:
- Lois le fist despoullier tout nu
- Louis made him strip completely naked
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- (reflexive, se despouiller) to undress to get undressed
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of despouiller
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | despouiller | avoir despouillé | |||||
gerund | en despouillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | despouillant | ||||||
past participle | despouillé | ||||||
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 | despouille | despouilles | despouille | despouillons | despouillez | despouillent |
imperfect | despouillois, despouilloys | despouillois, despouilloys | despouilloit, despouilloyt | despouillions, despouillyons | despouilliez, despouillyez | despouilloient, despouilloyent | |
past historic | despouilla | despouillas | despouilla | despouillasmes | despouillastes | despouillerent | |
future | despouillerai, despouilleray | despouilleras | despouillera | despouillerons | despouillerez | despouilleront | |
conditional | despouillerois, despouilleroys | despouillerois, despouilleroys | despouilleroit, despouilleroyt | despouillerions, despouilleryons | despouilleriez, despouilleryez | despouilleroient, despouilleroyent | |
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 | despouille | despouilles | despouille | despouillons | despouillez | despouillent |
imperfect | despouillasse | despouillasses | despouillast | despouillassions | despouillassiez | despouillassent | |
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 | – | |
— | despouille | — | despouillons | despouillez | — |
Descendants
- French: dépouiller