aterminer

Middle French

Etymology

Old French aterminer, equivalent to a- +‎ terminer.

Verb

aterminer

1. (transitive, intransitive) to finish; to complete

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of aterminer

infinitive	simple	aterminer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	aterminant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		aterminé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	atermine	atermines	atermine	aterminons	aterminez	aterminent
	imperfect	aterminois, aterminoys	aterminois, aterminoys	aterminoit, aterminoyt	aterminions, aterminyons	aterminiez, aterminyez	aterminoient, aterminoyent
	past historic	atermina	aterminas	atermina	aterminasmes	aterminastes	aterminerent
	future	aterminerai, atermineray	atermineras	aterminera	aterminerons	aterminerez	atermineront
	conditional	aterminerois, atermineroys	aterminerois, atermineroys	atermineroit, atermineroyt	aterminerions, atermineryons	atermineriez, atermineryez	atermineroient, atermineroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	atermine	atermines	atermine	aterminons	aterminez	aterminent
	imperfect	aterminasse	aterminasses	aterminast	aterminassions	aterminassiez	aterminassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	atermine	—	aterminons	aterminez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

References

• aterminer on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)