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arouser
arouser
Old French
Verb
arouser
- to water (a plant, etc.)
- (figuratively) to water (add water to something or cover it with water)
- 1303, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 140 of this essay:
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Et se sincopin venait on le doit arouser de eaue
- And if the faintness comes, you must treat it with water
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Et se sincopin venait on le doit arouser de eaue
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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. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of arouser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | arouser | avoir arousé | |||||
gerund | en arousant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | arousant | ||||||
past participle | arousé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | arous | arouses | arouse | arousons | arousez | arousent |
imperfect | arousoie, arouseie, arousoe, arouseve | arousoies, arouseies, arousoes, arouseves | arousoit, arouseit, arousot, arouseve | arousiiens, arousiens | arousiiez, arousiez | arousoient, arouseient, arousoent, arousevent | |
preterite | arousai | arousas | arousa | arousames | arousastes | arouserent | |
future | arouserai | arouseras | arousera | arouserons | arouseroiz, arousereiz, arouserez | arouseront | |
conditional | arouseroie, arousereie | arouseroies, arousereies | arouseroit, arousereit | arouseriiens, arouseriens | arouseriiez, arouseriez | arouseroient, arousereient | |
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 | arous | arous | aroust | arousons | arousez | arousent |
imperfect | arousasse | arousasses | arousast | arousissons, arousissiens | arousissoiz, arousissez, arousissiez | arousassent | |
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 | – | |
— | arouse | — | arousons | arousez | — |