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encuser
encuser
Old French
Verb
encuser
- to accuse
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 160 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), line 1913:
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ne vult vers lu rei encuser
- he does not to make an accusation about her to the king
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ne vult vers lu rei encuser
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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 encuser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | encuser | avoir encusé | |||||
| gerund | en encusant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | encusant | ||||||
| past participle | encusé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | encus | encuses | encuse | encusons | encusez | encusent |
| imperfect | encusoie, encuseie, encusoe, encuseve | encusoies, encuseies, encusoes, encuseves | encusoit, encuseit, encusot, encuseve | encusiiens, encusiens | encusiiez, encusiez | encusoient, encuseient, encusoent, encusevent | |
| preterite | encusai | encusas | encusa | encusames | encusastes | encuserent | |
| future | encuserai | encuseras | encusera | encuserons | encuseroiz, encusereiz, encuserez | encuseront | |
| conditional | encuseroie, encusereie | encuseroies, encusereies | encuseroit, encusereit | encuseriiens, encuseriens | encuseriiez, encuseriez | encuseroient, encusereient | |
| 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 | encus | encus | encust | encusons | encusez | encusent |
| imperfect | encusasse | encusasses | encusast | encusissons, encusissiens | encusissoiz, encusissez, encusissiez | encusassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | encuse | — | encusons | encusez | — | ||