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enforcier
enforcier
Old French
Verb
enforcier
- (transitive) to fortify; to strengthen
- (intransitive) to strengthen; to become stronger
- (transitive) to rape (to sexually violate)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. 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 enforcier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | enforcier | avoir enforcié | |||||
| gerund | en enforçant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | enforçant | ||||||
| past participle | enforcié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | enforz | enforces | enforce | enforçons | enforciez | enforcent |
| imperfect | enforçoie, enforceie, enforçoe, enforcieve | enforçoies, enforceies, enforçoes, enforcieves | enforçoit, enforceit, enforçot, enforcieve | enforciiens, enforciens | enforciiez, enforciez | enforçoient, enforceient, enforçoent, enforcievent | |
| preterite | enforçai | enforças | enforça | enforçames | enforçastes | enforcierent | |
| future | enforcerai | enforceras | enforcera | enforcerons | enforceroiz, enforcereiz, enforcerez | enforceront | |
| conditional | enforceroie, enforcereie | enforceroies, enforcereies | enforceroit, enforcereit | enforceriiens, enforceriens | enforceriiez, enforceriez | enforceroient, enforcereient | |
| 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 | enforz | enforz | enforzt | enforçons | enforciez | enforcent |
| imperfect | enforçasse | enforçasses | enforçast | enforcissons, enforcissiens | enforcissoiz, enforcissez, enforcissiez | enforçassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | enforce | — | enforçons | enforciez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: enforce (borrowed)
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (enforcier)