espoventer
Middle French
Etymology
Old French espoenter, with the v added back to reflect the Latin etymon pavor (“fear”).
Verb
espoventer
- to scare
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of espoventer
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | espoventer | avoir espoventé | |||||
gerund | en espoventant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | espoventant | ||||||
past participle | espoventé | ||||||
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 | espovente | espoventes | espovente | espoventons | espoventez | espoventent |
imperfect | espoventois, espoventoys | espoventois, espoventoys | espoventoit, espoventoyt | espoventions, espoventyons | espoventiez, espoventyez | espoventoient, espoventoyent | |
past historic | espoventa | espoventas | espoventa | espoventasmes | espoventastes | espoventerent | |
future | espoventerai, espoventeray | espoventeras | espoventera | espoventerons | espoventerez | espoventeront | |
conditional | espoventerois, espoventeroys | espoventerois, espoventeroys | espoventeroit, espoventeroyt | espoventerions, espoventeryons | espoventeriez, espoventeryez | espoventeroient, espoventeroyent | |
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 | espovente | espoventes | espovente | espoventons | espoventez | espoventent |
imperfect | espoventasse | espoventasses | espoventast | espoventassions | espoventassiez | espoventassent | |
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 | – | |
— | espovente | — | espoventons | espoventez | — |
Descendants
- French: épouvanter
References
- espoventer on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)