contreroller

Middle French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin contrarotulare, from contrarotulus (“copy of a roll”), from Latin contra (“against”) + rotulus (“roll”).

Verb

contreroller

1. to control
   • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:

     Si nous nous amusions par fois à nous considerer, et le temps que nous mettons à contreroller autruy et à connoistre les choses qui sont hors de nous, que nous l'emploissions à nous sonder nous mesmes, nous sentirions aisément combien toute cette nostre contexture est bastie de pieces foibles et defaillantes.

     If we sometimes amused ourselves by considering ourselves, and the time that we use to control that which is around us and know the things that are beyond us, if we used it to examine ourselves, we would easily understand to what point our surroundings are built out of feeble, defective bits.

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of contreroller

infinitive	simple	contreroller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	contrerollant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		contrerollé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	contrerolle	contrerolles	contrerolle	contrerollons	contrerollez	contrerollent
	imperfect	contrerollois, contrerolloys	contrerollois, contrerolloys	contrerolloit, contrerolloyt	contrerollions, contrerollyons	contrerolliez, contrerollyez	contrerolloient, contrerolloyent
	past historic	contrerolla	contrerollas	contrerolla	contrerollasmes	contrerollastes	contrerollerent
	future	contrerollerai, contrerolleray	contrerolleras	contrerollera	contrerollerons	contrerollerez	contrerolleront
	conditional	contrerollerois, contrerolleroys	contrerollerois, contrerolleroys	contrerolleroit, contrerolleroyt	contrerollerions, contrerolleryons	contrerolleriez, contrerolleryez	contrerolleroient, contrerolleroyent
(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	contrerolle	contrerolles	contrerolle	contrerollons	contrerollez	contrerollent
	imperfect	contrerollasse	contrerollasses	contrerollast	contrerollassions	contrerollassiez	contrerollassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	contrerolle	—	contrerollons	contrerollez	—
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).

Descendants

• → Middle English: controllen
  • English: control
• French: contrôler