contregarder

Middle French

Etymology

contre- +‎ garder.

Verb

contregarder

1. (transitive) to protect; to defend

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of contregarder

infinitive	simple	contregarder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	contregardant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		contregardé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	contregarde	contregardes	contregarde	contregardons	contregardez	contregardent
	imperfect	contregardois, contregardoys	contregardois, contregardoys	contregardoit, contregardoyt	contregardions, contregardyons	contregardiez, contregardyez	contregardoient, contregardoyent
	past historic	contregarda	contregardas	contregarda	contregardasmes	contregardastes	contregarderent
	future	contregarderai, contregarderay	contregarderas	contregardera	contregarderons	contregarderez	contregarderont
	conditional	contregarderois, contregarderoys	contregarderois, contregarderoys	contregarderoit, contregarderoyt	contregarderions, contregarderyons	contregarderiez, contregarderyez	contregarderoient, contregarderoyent
(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	contregarde	contregardes	contregarde	contregardons	contregardez	contregardent
	imperfect	contregardasse	contregardasses	contregardast	contregardassions	contregardassiez	contregardassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	contregarde	—	contregardons	contregardez	—
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

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