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encreistre
encreistre
Old French
Verb
encreistre
- (Anglo-Norman, early) Alternative form of encroistre
- Vostre los encreistreit
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Vostre los encreistreit
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 encreistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | encreistre | aveir encreü | |||||
| gerund | en encreissant | Use the gerund of aveir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | encreissant | ||||||
| past participle | encreü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | encreis | encreis | encreist | encreissons | encreissiez | encreissent |
| imperfect | encreisseie | encreisseies | encreisseit | encreissiiens, encreissiens | encreissiiez, encreissiez | encreisseient | |
| preterite | encrui | encreüs | encrut | encreümes | encreüstes | encrurent | |
| future | encreistrai | encreistras | encreistra | encreistrons | encreistreiz, encreistrez | encreistront | |
| conditional | encreistreie | encreistreies | encreistreit | encreistriiens, encreistriens | encreistriiez, encreistriez | encreistreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of aveir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | encreisse | encreisses | encreisse | encreissiens, encreissons | encreissiez | encreissent |
| imperfect | encreüsse | encreüsses | encreüst | encreüssons, encreüssiens | encreüsseiz, encreüssez, encreüssiez | encreüssent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of aveir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | encreis | — | encreissons | encreissiez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: increase (borrowed)