encroistre

Old French

Alternative forms

• encreistre

Etymology

From Latin increscere.

Verb

encroistre

1. to increase

   Vostre los encreistreit

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Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		encroistre			avoir encreü
gerund		en encroissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		encroissant
past participle		encreü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	encrois	encrois	encroist	encroissons	encroissiez	encroissent
	imperfect	encroissoie, encroisseie	encroissoies, encroisseies	encroissoit, encroisseit	encroissiiens, encroissiens	encroissiiez, encroissiez	encroissoient, encroisseient
	preterite	encrui	encreüs	encrut	encreümes	encreüstes	encrurent
	future	encroistrai	encroistras	encroistra	encroistrons	encroistroiz, encroistreiz, encroistrez	encroistront
	conditional	encroistroie, encroistreie	encroistroies, encroistreies	encroistroit, encroistreit	encroistriiens, encroistriens	encroistriiez, encroistriez	encroistroient, encroistreient
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	encroisse	encroisses	encroisse	encroissiens, encroissons	encroissiez	encroissent
	imperfect	encreüsse	encreüsses	encreüst	encreüssons, encreüssiens	encreüssoiz, encreüssez, encreüssiez	encreüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	encrois	—	encroissons	encroissiez	—

Related terms

• croistre

Descendants

• → English: increase