contrepoiser

Middle French

Etymology

contre- +‎ poiser.

Verb

contrepoiser

1. to weigh something against something else

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of contrepoiser

infinitive	simple	contrepoiser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	contrepoisant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		contrepoisé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	contrepoise	contrepoises	contrepoise	contrepoisons	contrepoisez	contrepoisent
	imperfect	contrepoisois, contrepoisoys	contrepoisois, contrepoisoys	contrepoisoit, contrepoisoyt	contrepoisions, contrepoisyons	contrepoisiez, contrepoisyez	contrepoisoient, contrepoisoyent
	past historic	contrepoisa	contrepoisas	contrepoisa	contrepoisasmes	contrepoisastes	contrepoiserent
	future	contrepoiserai, contrepoiseray	contrepoiseras	contrepoisera	contrepoiserons	contrepoiserez	contrepoiseront
	conditional	contrepoiserois, contrepoiseroys	contrepoiserois, contrepoiseroys	contrepoiseroit, contrepoiseroyt	contrepoiserions, contrepoiseryons	contrepoiseriez, contrepoiseryez	contrepoiseroient, contrepoiseroyent
(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	contrepoise	contrepoises	contrepoise	contrepoisons	contrepoisez	contrepoisent
	imperfect	contrepoisasse	contrepoisasses	contrepoisast	contrepoisassions	contrepoisassiez	contrepoisassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	contrepoise	—	contrepoisons	contrepoisez	—
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).