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despire
despire
Old French
Verb
despire
- to despise
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of despire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | despire | avoir despit | |||||
| gerund | en despisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | despisant | ||||||
| past participle | despit | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | despis | despis | despist, despit | despisons | despisiez | despisent |
| imperfect | despisoie, despiseie | despisoies, despiseies | despisoit, despiseit | despisiiens, despisiens | despisiiez, despisiez | despisoient, despiseient | |
| preterite | despis | despeṣis, despiṣis | despist | despeṣimes, despiṣimes | despeṣistes, despiṣistes | despisdrent | |
| future | despirai, despirrai | despiras, despirras | despira, despirra | despirons, despirrons | despiroiz, despireiz, despirez, despirroiz, despirreiz, despirrez | despiront, despirront | |
| conditional | despiroie, despireie, despirroie, despirreie | despiroies, despireies, despirroies, despirreies | despiroit, despireit, despirroit, despirreit | despiriiens, despiriens, despirriiens, despirriens | despiriiez, despiriez, despirriiez, despirriez | despiroient, despireient, despirroient, despirreient | |
| 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 | despise | despises | despise | despisiens, despisons | despisiez | despisent |
| imperfect | despeṣisse, despiṣisse | despeṣisses, despiṣisses | despeṣist, despiṣist | despeṣissons, despeṣissiens, despiṣissons, despiṣissiens | despeṣissoiz, despeṣissez, despeṣissiez, despiṣissoiz, despiṣissez, despiṣissiez | despeṣissent, despiṣissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | despis | — | despisons | despisiez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: despise (borrowed)