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Webster 1913 Edition
Purposer
Pur′pos-er
,Noun.
1.
One who brings forward or proposes anything; a proposer.
[Obs.]
2.
One who forms a purpose; one who intends.
Definition 2025
purposer
purposer
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
purposer
- to propose; to make a proposition
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 purposer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | purposer | avoir purposé | |||||
| gerund | en purposant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | purposant | ||||||
| past participle | purposé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | purpos | purposes | purpose | purposons | purposez | purposent |
| imperfect | purposoie, purposeie, purposoe, purposeve | purposoies, purposeies, purposoes, purposeves | purposoit, purposeit, purposot, purposeve | purposiiens, purposiens | purposiiez, purposiez | purposoient, purposeient, purposoent, purposevent | |
| preterite | purposai | purposas | purposa | purposames | purposastes | purposerent | |
| future | purposerai | purposeras | purposera | purposerons | purposeroiz, purposereiz, purposerez | purposeront | |
| conditional | purposeroie, purposereie | purposeroies, purposereies | purposeroit, purposereit | purposeriiens, purposeriens | purposeriiez, purposeriez | purposeroient, purposereient | |
| 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 | purpos | purpos | purpost | purposons | purposez | purposent |
| imperfect | purposasse | purposasses | purposast | purposissons, purposissiens | purposissoiz, purposissez, purposissiez | purposassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | purpose | — | purposons | purposez | — | ||