espandre
Middle French
Etymology
Latin expandō.
Verb
espandre
- to spread out; to expand
Old French
Etymology
Latin expandō.
Verb
espandre
- to spread out
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 171 of this essay:
- Tu dois entendre que matiere melancolique ou elle se espant par tout le corps
- Tu must understand that the melancholic material spreads around the whole body
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- (of a flower) to blossom
- (figuratively) to destroy, to massacre
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of espandre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | espandre | avoir espandu | |||||
| gerund | en espandant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | espandant | ||||||
| past participle | espandu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | espant | espanz | espant | espandons | espandez | espandent |
| imperfect | espandoie, espandeie | espandoies, espandeies | espandoit, espandeit | espandiiens, espandiens | espandiiez, espandiez | espandoient, espandeient | |
| preterite | espandi | espandis | espandié | espandimes | espandistes | espandierent | |
| future | espandrai | espandras | espandra | espandrons | espandroiz, espandreiz, espandrez | espandront | |
| conditional | espandroie, espandreie | espandroies, espandreies | espandroit, espandreit | espandriiens, espandriens | espandriiez, espandriez | espandroient, espandreient | |
| 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 | espande | espandes | espande | espandons | espandez | espandent |
| imperfect | espandisse | espandisses | espandist | espandissons, espandissiens | espandissoiz, espandissez, espandissiez | espandissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | espant | — | espandons | espandez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: spawn, expand
- French: épandre