despouiller

despouiller

Middle French

Etymology

Latin despoliare

Verb

despouiller

1. to skin (animal)
2. (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.

3. to undress (someone)
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 39:

     Lois le fist despoullier tout nu

     Louis made him strip completely naked

4. (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
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