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Webster 1913 Edition
Coveter
Cov′et-er
(-?r)
, Noun.
One who covets.
Definition 2024
coveter
coveter
Old French
Verb
coveter
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of coveter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | coveter | avoir coveté | |||||
| gerund | en covetant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | covetant | ||||||
| past participle | coveté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | covet | covetes | covete | covetons | covetez | covetent |
| imperfect | covetoie, coveteie, covetoe, coveteve | covetoies, coveteies, covetoes, coveteves | covetoit, coveteit, covetot, coveteve | covetiiens, covetiens | covetiiez, covetiez | covetoient, coveteient, covetoent, covetevent | |
| preterite | covetai | covetas | coveta | covetames | covetastes | coveterent | |
| future | coveterai | coveteras | covetera | coveterons | coveteroiz, covetereiz, coveterez | coveteront | |
| conditional | coveteroie, covetereie | coveteroies, covetereies | coveteroit, covetereit | coveteriiens, coveteriens | coveteriiez, coveteriez | coveteroient, covetereient | |
| 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 | covet | covez | covet | covetons | covetez | covetent |
| imperfect | covetasse | covetasses | covetast | covetissons, covetissiens | covetissoiz, covetissez, covetissiez | covetassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | covete | — | covetons | covetez | — | ||