depescher

Middle French

Verb

depescher

1. (reflexive, se depescher) to hurry; to hurry up
   • 1534, François Rabelais, Gargantua:

     Couraige de brebis (disoyt il) depeschez vous de cestuy cy, et bien toust en faisons un aultre.

     Courage my lamb (said he), hurry up with this one, and then we'll make another.

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of depescher

infinitive	simple	depescher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	depeschant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		depesché
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	depesche	depesches	depesche	depeschons	depeschez	depeschent
	imperfect	depeschois, depeschoys	depeschois, depeschoys	depeschoit, depeschoyt	depeschions, depeschyons	depeschiez, depeschyez	depeschoient, depeschoyent
	past historic	depescha	depeschas	depescha	depeschasmes	depeschastes	depescherent
	future	depescherai, depescheray	depescheras	depeschera	depescherons	depescherez	depescheront
	conditional	depescherois, depescheroys	depescherois, depescheroys	depescheroit, depescheroyt	depescherions, depescheryons	depescheriez, depescheryez	depescheroient, depescheroyent
(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	depesche	depesches	depesche	depeschons	depeschez	depeschent
	imperfect	depeschasse	depeschasses	depeschast	depeschassions	depeschassiez	depeschassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	depesche	—	depeschons	depeschez	—
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

• French: dépêcher