empoirier

Old French

Alternative forms

• empeirer, empirier

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin impeiōrāre, from Latin peiōrem (“worse”).

Verb

empoirier

1. to worsen (become worse)

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. This verb has a stressed present stem empir distinct from the unstressed stem empoir. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		empoirier			avoir empoirié
gerund		en empoirant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		empoirant
past participle		empoirié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	empir	empires	empire	empoirons	empoiriez	empirent
	imperfect	empoiroie, empoireie, empoiroe, empoirieve	empoiroies, empoireies, empoiroes, empoirieves	empoiroit, empoireit, empoirot, empoirieve	empoiriiens, empoiriens	empoiriiez, empoiriez	empoiroient, empoireient, empoiroent, empoirievent
	preterite	empoirai	empoiras	empoira	empoirames	empoirastes	empoirierent
	future	empoirerai	empoireras	empoirera	empoirerons	empoireroiz, empoirereiz, empoirerez	empoireront
	conditional	empoireroie, empoirereie	empoireroies, empoirereies	empoireroit, empoirereit	empoireriiens, empoireriens	empoireriiez, empoireriez	empoireroient, empoirereient
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	empir	empirs	empirt	empoirons	empoiriez	empirent
	imperfect	empoirasse	empoirasses	empoirast	empoirissons, empoirissiens	empoirissoiz, empoirissez, empoirissiez	empoirassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	empire	—	empoirons	empoiriez	—

Descendants

• French: empirer
• → Middle English: empairen, impeiren
  • English: impair, empair (obsolete, rare)