empeechier

Old French

Alternative forms

• empescher (typically Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Latin impedicāre, present active infinitive of impedicō (“I fetter”).

Verb

empeechier

1. to fetter (put into irons)
2. to hinder (render something more difficult)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		empeechier			avoir empeechié
gerund		en empeechant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		empeechant
past participle		empeechié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	empeeche	empeeches	empeeche	empeechons	empeechiez	empeechent
	imperfect	empeechoie, empeecheie, empeechoe, empeechieve	empeechoies, empeecheies, empeechoes, empeechieves	empeechoit, empeecheit, empeechot, empeechieve	empeechiiens, empeechiens	empeechiiez, empeechiez	empeechoient, empeecheient, empeechoent, empeechievent
	preterite	empeechai	empeechas	empeecha	empeechames	empeechastes	empeechierent
	future	empeecherai	empeecheras	empeechera	empeecherons	empeecheroiz, empeechereiz, empeecherez	empeecheront
	conditional	empeecheroie, empeechereie	empeecheroies, empeechereies	empeecheroit, empeechereit	empeecheriiens, empeecheriens	empeecheriiez, empeecheriez	empeecheroient, empeechereient
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	empeeche	empeeches	empeeche	empeechons	empeechiez	empeechent
	imperfect	empeechasse	empeechasses	empeechast	empeechissons, empeechissiens	empeechissoiz, empeechissez, empeechissiez	empeechassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	empeeche	—	empeechons	empeechiez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: empescher
  • French: empêcher
• Anglo-Norman: empecher
  • → Middle English: empechen
    • English: impeach, empeach
• → Franco-Provençal: empachar
  • → Italian: impacciare
• → Galician: empachar
• → Occitan: empachar
  • → Catalan: empatxar
• → Portuguese: empachar
• → Spanish: empachar

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (empeechier, supplement)
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (empeechier)
• empescher on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub