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Tormenter
Tor-ment′er
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, torments; a tormentor.
2.
An executioner.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Definition 2024
tormenter
tormenter
Old French
Etymology
Latin tormentum, from the verb torqueō
Verb
tormenter
- to torture
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of tormenter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tormenter | avoir tormenté | |||||
| gerund | en tormentant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | tormentant | ||||||
| past participle | tormenté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | torment | tormentes | tormente | tormentons | tormentez | tormentent |
| imperfect | tormentoie, tormenteie, tormentoe, tormenteve | tormentoies, tormenteies, tormentoes, tormenteves | tormentoit, tormenteit, tormentot, tormenteve | tormentiiens, tormentiens | tormentiiez, tormentiez | tormentoient, tormenteient, tormentoent, tormentevent | |
| preterite | tormentai | tormentas | tormenta | tormentames | tormentastes | tormenterent | |
| future | tormenterai | tormenteras | tormentera | tormenterons | tormenteroiz, tormentereiz, tormenterez | tormenteront | |
| conditional | tormenteroie, tormentereie | tormenteroies, tormentereies | tormenteroit, tormentereit | tormenteriiens, tormenteriens | tormenteriiez, tormenteriez | tormenteroient, tormentereient | |
| 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 | torment | tormenz | torment | tormentons | tormentez | tormentent |
| imperfect | tormentasse | tormentasses | tormentast | tormentissons, tormentissiens | tormentissoiz, tormentissez, tormentissiez | tormentassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | tormente | — | tormentons | tormentez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: torment
- French: tourmenter