esvanter

Middle French

Verb

esvanter

1. Alternative form of esventer

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of esvanter

infinitive	simple	esvanter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	esvantant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		esvanté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	esvante	esvantes	esvante	esvantons	esvantez	esvantent
	imperfect	esvantois, esvantoys	esvantois, esvantoys	esvantoit, esvantoyt	esvantions, esvantyons	esvantiez, esvantyez	esvantoient, esvantoyent
	past historic	esvanta	esvantas	esvanta	esvantasmes	esvantastes	esvanterent
	future	esvanterai, esvanteray	esvanteras	esvantera	esvanterons	esvanterez	esvanteront
	conditional	esvanterois, esvanteroys	esvanterois, esvanteroys	esvanteroit, esvanteroyt	esvanterions, esvanteryons	esvanteriez, esvanteryez	esvanteroient, esvanteroyent
(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	esvante	esvantes	esvante	esvantons	esvantez	esvantent
	imperfect	esvantasse	esvantasses	esvantast	esvantassions	esvantassiez	esvantassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	esvante	—	esvantons	esvantez	—
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).