engroissier

engroissier

Old French

Verb

engroissier

1. to make fattier
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):

     tu dois scavoir qu’on ne doit donner chose qu’agroisse ou engroisse la matiere, si comme sont huilles

     you must know that one does not give anything that fattens or makes the material fattier, like oils

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of engroissier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		engroissier			avoir engroissié
gerund		en engroissant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		engroissant
past participle		engroissié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	engrois	engroisses	engroisse	engroissons	engroissiez	engroissent
	imperfect	engroissoie, engroisseie, engroissoe, engroissieve	engroissoies, engroisseies, engroissoes, engroissieves	engroissoit, engroisseit, engroissot, engroissieve	engroissiiens, engroissiens	engroissiiez, engroissiez	engroissoient, engroisseient, engroissoent, engroissievent
	preterite	engroissai	engroissas	engroissa	engroissames	engroissastes	engroissierent
	future	engroisserai	engroisseras	engroissera	engroisserons	engroisseroiz, engroissereiz, engroisserez	engroisseront
	conditional	engroisseroie, engroissereie	engroisseroies, engroissereies	engroisseroit, engroissereit	engroisseriiens, engroisseriens	engroisseriiez, engroisseriez	engroisseroient, engroissereient
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	engrois	engrois	engroist	engroissons	engroissiez	engroissent
	imperfect	engroissasse	engroissasses	engroissast	engroississons, engroississiens	engroississoiz, engroississez, engroississiez	engroissassent
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	–
		—	engroisse	—	engroissons	engroissiez	—