espouser
English
Etymology
espouse + -er
Noun
espouser (plural espousers)
- One who espouses; one who embraces or adopts the cause of another.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 espouser in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- repoussé
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French espouser, from Latin spōnsāre, present active infinitive of spōnsō.
Verb
espouser
- (transitive) to marry
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of espouser
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | espouser | avoir espousé | |||||
| gerund | en espousant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | espousant | ||||||
| past participle | espousé | ||||||
| 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 | espouse | espouses | espouse | espousons | espousez | espousent |
| imperfect | espousois, espousoys | espousois, espousoys | espousoit, espousoyt | espousions, espousyons | espousiez, espousyez | espousoient, espousoyent | |
| past historic | espousa | espousas | espousa | espousasmes | espousastes | espouserent | |
| future | espouserai, espouseray | espouseras | espousera | espouserons | espouserez | espouseront | |
| conditional | espouserois, espouseroys | espouserois, espouseroys | espouseroit, espouseroyt | espouserions, espouseryons | espouseriez, espouseryez | espouseroient, espouseroyent | |
| 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 | espouse | espouses | espouse | espousons | espousez | espousent |
| imperfect | espousasse | espousasses | espousast | espousassions | espousassiez | espousassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | espouse | — | espousons | espousez | — | ||
Synonyms
- marier
Descendants
- French: épouser
Old French
Etymology
From Latin spōnsāre, present active infinitive of spōnsō.
Verb
espouser
- (transitive) to marry
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. This verb has a stressed present stem espeus distinct from the unstressed stem espous. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of espouser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | espouser | avoir espousé | |||||
| gerund | en espousant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | espousant | ||||||
| past participle | espousé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | espeus | espeuses | espeuse | espousons | espousez | espeusent |
| imperfect | espousoie, espouseie, espousoe, espouseve | espousoies, espouseies, espousoes, espouseves | espousoit, espouseit, espousot, espouseve | espousiiens, espousiens | espousiiez, espousiez | espousoient, espouseient, espousoent, espousevent | |
| preterite | espousai | espousas | espousa | espousames | espousastes | espouserent | |
| future | espouserai | espouseras | espousera | espouserons | espouseroiz, espousereiz, espouserez | espouseront | |
| conditional | espouseroie, espousereie | espouseroies, espousereies | espouseroit, espousereit | espouseriiens, espouseriens | espouseriiez, espouseriez | espouseroient, espousereient | |
| 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 | espeus | espeus | espeust | espousons | espousez | espeusent |
| imperfect | espousasse | espousasses | espousast | espousissons, espousissiens | espousissoiz, espousissez, espousissiez | espousassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | espeuse | — | espousons | espousez | — | ||
Quotations
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:espouser.
Synonyms
- marier
Descendants
- Middle English: espousen
- English: to espouse
- Middle French: espouser
- French: épouser
- Walloon: spozer