desrober

Middle French

Alternative forms

• dérober

Etymology

From Old French desrober, from des- +‎ rober.

Verb

desrober

1. to loot; to plunder
2. to steal
   • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 8:

     il ne se pouvoit garder pourtant s’il passoit pres d’une boutique, où il y eust chose, dequoy il eust besoin, de la desrobber

     He couldn't stop himself however, if he passed a shop that had something he needed, to steal it

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of desrober

infinitive	simple	desrober
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	desrobant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		desrobé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	desrobe	desrobes	desrobe	desrobons	desrobez	desrobent
	imperfect	desrobois, desroboys	desrobois, desroboys	desroboit, desroboyt	desrobions, desrobyons	desrobiez, desrobyez	desroboient, desroboyent
	past historic	desroba	desrobas	desroba	desrobasmes	desrobastes	desroberent
	future	desroberai, desroberay	desroberas	desrobera	desroberons	desroberez	desroberont
	conditional	desroberois, desroberoys	desroberois, desroberoys	desroberoit, desroberoyt	desroberions, desroberyons	desroberiez, desroberyez	desroberoient, desroberoyent
(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	desrobe	desrobes	desrobe	desrobons	desrobez	desrobent
	imperfect	desrobasse	desrobasses	desrobast	desrobassions	desrobassiez	desrobassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	desrobe	—	desrobons	desrobez	—
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: dérober
• → English: disrobe