espouser
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]espouser (plural espousers)
- One who espouses; one who embraces or adopts a cause.
Further reading
[edit]- “espouser”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French espouser, from Latin spōnsāre.
Verb
[edit]espouser
- (transitive) to marry
Conjugation
[edit]- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of espouser
infinitive | simple | espouser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | espousant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | espousé | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | espouse | espouses | espouse | espousons | espousez | espousent |
imperfect | espousois, espousoys | espousois, espousoys | espousoit, espousoyt | espousions, espousyons | espousiez, espousyez | espousoient, espousoyent | |
past historic | espousa | espousas | espousa | espousasmes | espousastes | espouserent | |
future | espouserai, espouseray | espouseras | espousera | espouserons | espouserez | espouseront | |
conditional | espouserois, espouseroys | espouserois, espouseroys | espouseroit, espouseroyt | espouserions, espouseryons | espouseriez, espouseryez | espouseroient, espouseroyent | |
(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 | espouse | espouses | espouse | espousons | espousez | espousent |
imperfect | espousasse | espousasses | espousast | espousassions | espousassiez | espousassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | espouse | — | espousons | espousez | — | |
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). |
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- French: épouser
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]espouser
- (transitive) to marry
Conjugation
[edit]This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. This verb has a stressed present stem espeus distinct from the unstressed stem espous. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of espouser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | espouser | avoir espousé | |||||
gerund | en espousant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | espousant | ||||||
past participle | espousé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | espeus | espeuses | espeuse | espousons | espousez | espeusent |
imperfect | espousoie, espouseie, espousoe, espouseve | espousoies, espouseies, espousoes, espouseves | espousoit, espouseit, espousot, espouseve | espousiiens, espousiens | espousiiez, espousiez | espousoient, espouseient, espousoent, espousevent | |
preterite | espousai | espousas | espousa | espousames | espousastes | espouserent | |
future | espouserai | espouseras | espousera | espouserons | espouseroiz, espousereiz, espouserez | espouseront | |
conditional | espouseroie, espousereie | espouseroies, espousereies | espouseroit, espousereit | espouseriiens, espouseriens | espouseriiez, espouseriez | espouseroient, espousereient | |
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 | espeus | espeus | espeust | espousons | espousez | espeusent |
imperfect | espousasse | espousasses | espousast | espousissons, espousissiens | espousissoiz, espousissez, espousissiez | espousassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | espeuse | — | espousons | espousez | — |
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:espouser.
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle French: espouser
- French: épouser
- Walloon: spozer
- → Middle English: espousen
- English: to espouse
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