encliner
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French encliner.
Verb
encliner
- (reflexive, s'encliner) to give in to; to submit to (an authority, etc.)
- circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
- les seigneurs de Portingal […] s'enclinoient a luy et a cette election
- the lords of Portugal […] submitted to him and to this choice
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Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of encliner
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | encliner | avoir encliné | |||||
| gerund | en enclinant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | enclinant | ||||||
| past participle | encliné | ||||||
| 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 | encline | enclines | encline | enclinons | enclinez | enclinent |
| imperfect | enclinois, enclinoys | enclinois, enclinoys | enclinoit, enclinoyt | enclinions, enclinyons | encliniez, enclinyez | enclinoient, enclinoyent | |
| past historic | enclina | enclinas | enclina | enclinasmes | enclinastes | enclinerent | |
| future | enclinerai, enclineray | enclineras | enclinera | enclinerons | enclinerez | enclineront | |
| conditional | enclinerois, enclineroys | enclinerois, enclineroys | enclineroit, enclineroyt | enclinerions, enclineryons | enclineriez, enclineryez | enclineroient, enclineroyent | |
| 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 | encline | enclines | encline | enclinons | enclinez | enclinent |
| imperfect | enclinasse | enclinasses | enclinast | enclinassions | enclinassiez | enclinassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | encline | — | enclinons | enclinez | — | ||
Related terms
- enclinaison
Old French
Alternative forms
- incliner
Etymology
From Latin inclīnāre, present active infinitive of inclīnō (“I incline, I tilt”), from in- + clīnō.
Verb
encliner
- (transitive) to lean
- to lower
- (reflexive, s'encliner) to tend towards
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of encliner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | encliner | avoir encliné | |||||
| gerund | en enclinant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | enclinant | ||||||
| past participle | encliné | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | enclin | enclines | encline | enclinons | enclinez | enclinent |
| imperfect | enclinoie, enclineie, enclinoe, enclineve | enclinoies, enclineies, enclinoes, enclineves | enclinoit, enclineit, enclinot, enclineve | encliniiens, encliniens | encliniiez, encliniez | enclinoient, enclineient, enclinoent, enclinevent | |
| preterite | enclinai | enclinas | enclina | enclinames | enclinastes | enclinerent | |
| future | enclinerai | enclineras | enclinera | enclinerons | enclineroiz, enclinereiz, enclinerez | enclineront | |
| conditional | enclineroie, enclinereie | enclineroies, enclinereies | enclineroit, enclinereit | enclineriiens, enclineriens | enclineriiez, enclineriez | enclineroient, enclinereient | |
| 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 | enclin | enclins | enclint | enclinons | enclinez | enclinent |
| imperfect | enclinasse | enclinasses | enclinast | enclinissons, enclinissiens | enclinissoiz, enclinissez, enclinissiez | enclinassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | encline | — | enclinons | enclinez | — | ||
Descendants
(from the later variant form incliner)
- English: incline (borrowed)
- French: incliner