soumectre

Middle French

Verb

soumectre

1. to submit (to)
   • 1586, Henri IV of France, Lettres Missives:

     Dieu m'y a tel-icy, constraindre, par force de prince, se quelques uns qui vous parlent, que la soumectre au joug de leur merite!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of soumectre

infinitive	simple	soumectre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	soumectant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		soumis
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	soumets	soumets	soumet	soumectons	soumectez	soumectent
	imperfect	soumectois, soumectoys	soumectois, soumectoys	soumectoit, soumectoyt	soumections	soumectiez	soumectoient, soumectoyent
	past historic	soumis	soumis	soumit	soumismes	soumistes	soumirent
	future	soumectroie, soumectroye	soumectras	soumectra	soumectrons	soumectrez	soumectront
	conditional	soumectrois, soumectroys	soumectrois, soumectroys	soumectroit, soumectroyt	soumectrions	soumectriez	soumectroient, soumectroyent
(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	soumecte	soumectes	soumecte	soumections	soumectiez	soumenctent
	imperfect	soumisse	soumisses	soumist	soumissions	soumissiez	soumissent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	soumets	—	soumectons	soumectez	—
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).

Descendants

• French: soumettre