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Webster 1913 Edition
Edifier
Ed′i-fiˊer
,Noun.
1.
One who builds.
[Obs.]
2.
One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.
Webster 1828 Edition
Edifier
ED'IFIER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
edifier
edifier
See also: édifier
Middle French
Verb
edifier
- to build (construct a building)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of edifier
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | edifier | avoir edifié | |||||
| gerund | en edifiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | edifiant | ||||||
| past participle | edifié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | edifie | edifies | edifie | edifions | edifiez | edifient |
| imperfect | edifiois, edifioys | edifiois, edifioys | edifioit, edifioyt | edifiions, edifiyons | edifiiez, edifiyez | edifioient, edifioyent | |
| past historic | edifia | edifias | edifia | edifiasmes | edifiastes | edifierent | |
| future | edifierai, edifieray | edifieras | edifiera | edifierons | edifierez | edifieront | |
| conditional | edifierois, edifieroys | edifierois, edifieroys | edifieroit, edifieroyt | edifierions, edifieryons | edifieriez, edifieryez | edifieroient, edifieroyent | |
| 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 past historic 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | edifie | edifies | edifie | edifions | edifiez | edifient |
| imperfect | edifiasse | edifiasses | edifiast | edifiassions | edifiassiez | edifiassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | edifie | — | edifions | edifiez | — | ||