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Webster 1913 Edition
Definer
De-fin′er
,Noun.
One who defines or explains.
Webster 1828 Edition
Definer
DEFINER
,Noun.
Definition 2025
definer
definer
Old French
Alternative forms
- defenir
- definir
Verb
definer
- (transitive, intransitive) to finish; to end
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of definer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | definer | avoir definé | |||||
| gerund | en definant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | definant | ||||||
| past participle | definé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | defin | defines | define | definons | definez | definent |
| imperfect | definoie, defineie, definoe, defineve | definoies, defineies, definoes, defineves | definoit, defineit, definot, defineve | definiiens, definiens | definiiez, definiez | definoient, defineient, definoent, definevent | |
| preterite | definai | definas | defina | definames | definastes | definerent | |
| future | definerai | defineras | definera | definerons | defineroiz, definereiz, definerez | defineront | |
| conditional | defineroie, definereie | defineroies, definereies | defineroit, definereit | defineriiens, defineriens | defineriiez, defineriez | defineroient, definereient | |
| 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 | defin | defins | defint | definons | definez | definent |
| imperfect | definasse | definasses | definast | definissons, definissiens | definissoiz, definissez, definissiez | definassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | define | — | definons | definez | — | ||
Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (definer)