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encroistre
encroistre
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
encroistre
- To increase
- 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 encroistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | encroistre | avoir encreü | |||||
| gerund | en encroissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | encroissant | ||||||
| past participle | encreü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | encrois | encrois | encroist | encroissons | encroissiez | encroissent |
| imperfect | encroissoie, encroisseie | encroissoies, encroisseies | encroissoit, encroisseit | encroissiiens, encroissiens | encroissiiez, encroissiez | encroissoient, encroisseient | |
| preterite | encrui | encreüs | encrut | encreümes | encreüstes | encrurent | |
| future | encroistrai | encroistras | encroistra | encroistrons | encroistroiz, encroistreiz, encroistrez | encroistront | |
| conditional | encroistroie, encroistreie | encroistroies, encroistreies | encroistroit, encroistreit | encroistriiens, encroistriens | encroistriiez, encroistriez | encroistroient, encroistreient | |
| 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 | encroisse | encroisses | encroisse | encroissiens, encroissons | encroissiez | encroissent |
| imperfect | encreüsse | encreüsses | encreüst | encreüssons, encreüssiens | encreüssoiz, encreüssez, encreüssiez | encreüssent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | encrois | — | encroissons | encroissiez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: increase (borrowed)