desclamer

Old French

Alternative forms

• declamer

Verb

desclamer

1. to call upon (as a witness, etc.)
   • 1305, Year books of the reign of Edward the First:

     Par quei, Margerye, volez vous ceo desclamer ?

     Who, Marjorie, do you wish to bear witness to this?

2. to refute; to deny; to disavow
   • 1314, H. de Mondeville, Chirurgie, page 9 first column:

     Les dis de anciens doivent estre desclamiez

     The sayings of the ancients must be disavowed

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. This verb has a stressed present stem desclaim distinct from the unstressed stem desclam. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of desclamer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		desclamer			avoir desclamé
gerund		en desclamant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		desclamant
past participle		desclamé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	desclaim	desclaimes	desclaime	desclamons	desclamez	desclaiment
	imperfect	desclamoie, desclameie, desclamoe, desclameve	desclamoies, desclameies, desclamoes, desclameves	desclamoit, desclameit, desclamot, desclameve	desclamiiens, desclamiens	desclamiiez, desclamiez	desclamoient, desclameient, desclamoent, desclamevent
	preterite	desclamai	desclamas	desclama	desclamames	desclamastes	desclamerent
	future	desclamerai	desclameras	desclamera	desclamerons	desclameroiz, desclamereiz, desclamerez	desclameront
	conditional	desclameroie, desclamereie	desclameroies, desclamereies	desclameroit, desclamereit	desclameriiens, desclameriens	desclameriiez, desclameriez	desclameroient, desclamereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	desclaim	desclains	desclaint	desclamons	desclamez	desclaiment
	imperfect	desclamasse	desclamasses	desclamast	desclamissons, desclamissiens	desclamissoiz, desclamissez, desclamissiez	desclamassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	desclaime	—	desclamons	desclamez	—

Descendants

• → English: disclaim
• French: déclamer

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (desclamer)