esmerveillier

Middle French

Etymology

Old French esmerveler.

Verb

esmerveillier

1. (transitive) to marvel (at); to admire

Conjugation

• As parler except the additional i in the infinitive does not appear in many forms.
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of esmerveillier

infinitive	simple	esmerveillier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	esmerveillant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		esmerveillié
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	esmerveille	esmerveilles	esmerveille	esmerveillions	esmerveilliez	esmerveillent
	imperfect	esmerveillois, esmerveilloys	esmerveillois, esmerveilloys	esmerveilloit, esmerveilloyt	esmerveillions, esmerveillyons	esmerveilliez, esmerveillyez	esmerveilloient, esmerveilloyent
	past historic	esmerveilla	esmerveillas	esmerveilla	esmerveillasmes	esmerveillastes	esmerveillierent
	future	esmerveillierai, esmerveillieray	esmerveillieras	esmerveilliera	esmerveillierons	esmerveillierez	esmerveillieront
	conditional	esmerveillierois, esmerveillieroys	esmerveillierois, esmerveillieroys	esmerveillieroit, esmerveillieroyt	esmerveillierions, esmerveillieryons	esmerveillieriez, esmerveillieryez	esmerveillieroient, esmerveillieroyent
(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	esmerveille	esmerveilles	esmerveille	esmerveillions	esmerveilliez	esmerveillent
	imperfect	esmerveillasse	esmerveillasses	esmerveillast	esmerveillassions	esmerveillassiez	esmerveillassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	esmerveille	—	esmerveillions	esmerveilliez	—
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).