praesider

See also: præsider

Middle French

Alternative forms

• presider

Etymology

Old French presider, from Latin praesideō.

Verb

praesider

1. to preside

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of praesider

infinitive	simple	praesider
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	praesidant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		praesidé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	praeside	praesides	praeside	praesidons	praesidez	praesident
	imperfect	praesidois, praesidoys	praesidois, praesidoys	praesidoit, praesidoyt	praesidions, praesidyons	praesidiez, praesidyez	praesidoient, praesidoyent
	past historic	praesida	praesidas	praesida	praesidasmes	praesidastes	praesiderent
	future	praesiderai, praesideray	praesideras	praesidera	praesiderons	praesiderez	praesideront
	conditional	praesiderois, praesideroys	praesiderois, praesideroys	praesideroit, praesideroyt	praesiderions, praesideryons	praesideriez, praesideryez	praesideroient, praesideroyent
(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	praeside	praesides	praeside	praesidons	praesidez	praesident
	imperfect	praesidasse	praesidasses	praesidast	praesidassions	praesidassiez	praesidassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	praeside	—	praesidons	praesidez	—
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).