plere

plere

Latin

Verb

plēre

1. inflection of pleō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Adjective

plēre

1. vocative masculine singular of plērus

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Old French

Verb

plere

1. Alternative form of plaire
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Quant plus l'esgarde, plus li plest

     The more he looked at her, the more he pleased her

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		plere			avoir pleü
gerund		en plesant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		plesant
past participle		pleü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	plaz, ples	ples	plest	plesons	plesiez	plesent
	imperfect	plesoie, pleseie	plesoies, pleseies	plesoit, pleseit	plesiiens, plesiens	plesiiez, plesiez	plesoient, pleseient
	preterite	ploi	pleüs	plot	pleümes	pleüstes	plorent
	future	plerai	pleras	plera	plerons	pleroiz, plereiz, plerez	pleront
	conditional	pleroie, plereie	pleroies, plereies	pleroit, plereit	pleriiens, pleriens	pleriiez, pleriez	pleroient, plereient
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	place, plese	places, pleses	place, plese	placiens, plaçons, plesiens, plesons	placiez, plesiez	placent, plesent
	imperfect	pleüsse	pleüsses	pleüst	pleüssons, pleüssiens	pleüssoiz, pleüssez, pleüssiez	pleüssent
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	–
		—	ples	—	plesons	plesiez	—

Derived terms

• plesant