enginer
English
Etymology
From engine + -er. See engineer.
Noun
enginer (plural enginers)
- (obsolete) A contriver; an inventor; one who makes engines.
- From the play Hamlet (III.iv.207) by Shakespeare:
- For tis the sport to haue the enginer / Hoist with his owne petar.
- Misspelling of engineer.
References
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for enginer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- ingener
Old French
Verb
enginer
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of engignier
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 enginer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | enginer | avoir enginé | |||||
| gerund | en enginant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | enginant | ||||||
| past participle | enginé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | engin | engines | engine | enginons | enginez | enginent |
| imperfect | enginoie, engineie, enginoe, engineve | enginoies, engineies, enginoes, engineves | enginoit, engineit, enginot, engineve | enginiiens, enginiens | enginiiez, enginiez | enginoient, engineient, enginoent, enginevent | |
| preterite | enginai | enginas | engina | enginames | enginastes | enginerent | |
| future | enginerai | engineras | enginera | enginerons | engineroiz, enginereiz, enginerez | engineront | |
| conditional | engineroie, enginereie | engineroies, enginereies | engineroit, enginereit | engineriiens, engineriens | engineriiez, engineriez | engineroient, enginereient | |
| 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 | engin | engins | engint | enginons | enginez | enginent |
| imperfect | enginasse | enginasses | enginast | enginissons, enginissiens | enginissoiz, enginissez, enginissiez | enginassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | engine | — | enginons | enginez | — | ||