oultrager

oultrager (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
oultrageant (gerund participle present)

French: outrager


suyvre

French: suivre

From Old French sivre, from Vulgar Latin *sequere, from Latin sequor.


endommaiger

endommaiger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
endommaigeant (gerund participle present)

French: endommager


reduire

French: réduire


provocquer

provocquer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
provocquant (gerund participle present)

French: provoquer


remonstrer

remonstrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
remonstrant (gerund participle present)

French: remontrer


debvoir

From Old French devoir, with an ornamental silent ⟨b⟩ in reminiscence of the original Latin debēre.


empescher

empescher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
empeschant (gerund participle present)

French: empêcher


yssu

French: issu


retyrer

retyrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
retyrant (gerund participle present)

French: retirer

Ce fait, Gymnaste se retyre, considerant que les cas de hazart iamais ne fault poursuyvre iusques a leur periode et qu'il convient a tous chevaliers reverentement traicter leur bonne fortune

This done, Gymnast left, considering that one should never follow a fluke to the end of its process, and that all knights should treat their good luck modestly.

(reflexive, se retyrer) to leave; to depart


desrober

desrober (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desrobant (gerund participle present)

French: dérober

→ English: disrobe

From Old French desrober, from des- + rober.

il ne se pouvoit garder pourtant s’il passoit pres d’une boutique, où il y eust chose, dequoy il eust besoin, de la desrobber

1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 8:

He couldn't stop himself however, if he passed a shop that had something he needed, to steal it


traicter

traicter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
tractant (gerund participle present)

French: traiter

From Old French treter, tretier, traitier, traiter, from Latin tractō, tractāre (“to pull, manage”), from the past participle stem of trahō (“to draw, pull”).

inh

il faut feuilleter sans distinction toutes sortes d’autheurs et vieils et nouveaux, et barragouins et François, pour y apprendre les choses, dequoy diversement ils traictent.

1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 10:


accompaigner

accompaigner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
accompaignant (gerund participle present)

French: accompagner


ruyner

ruyner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
ruynant (gerund participle present)

French: ruiner

Old French ruiner, from Medieval Latin ruino.

to wreck; to decimate; to ruin; to destroy


eslever

eslever (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
eslevant (gerund participle present)

French: élever


descouvrir

French: découvrir

(figuratively, by extension) to discover

Marcellinus, de long temps en son cœur le paganisme ; mais, par ce que toute son armée estoit de Chrestiens, il ne l’osoit descouvrir

Marcellinus was for a long time a Pagan in his heart, but, because his whole army was Christian, didn't dare to reveal it


penetrer

penetrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
penetrant (gerund participle present)


affermer

affermer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
affermant (gerund participle present)

French: affirmer


conquester

conquester (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
conquestant (gerund participle present)


accroistre

French: accroître


empoizonner

empoizonner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
empoizonnant (gerund participle present)

French: empoisonner


apprins

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apprins m (feminine apprinse, masculine plural apprins, feminine plural apprinses)

apprinse (feminine)
apprins (masculine plural)
apprinses (feminine plural)

Tant noblement estoient apprins qu'il n'estoit entre eulx celluy ne celle qui ne sceust lire, escripre, chanter, iouer d'instrumens harmonieux, parler de cinq et six langaiges

They were so well taught that among them there was not one who did not know how to read, write, sing, play musical instruments [and] speak five or six languages.


reigles

second-person singular present indicative of reigler

second-person singular present subjunctive of reigler


aorner

aorner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
aornant (gerund participle present)


reigler

reigler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
reiglant (gerund participle present)

French: régler


descripre

French: décrire


meriter

meriter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
meritant (gerund participle present)


traitter

traitter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
traittant (gerund participle present)


descourager

descourager (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
descourageant (gerund participle present)

English: discourage

French: décourager

(reflexive, se descourager) to becomes discouraged


desgorger

desgorger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desgorgeant (gerund participle present)

English: disgorge

French: dégorger

Oultre que la riviere qui passe par Quinsai descend & se vient desgorger en la mer alendroict de ce port de Canfu, au moyen dequoy infinies marchandises y sont transportées.

1556, Marco Polo, translated by E. Groulleau, Le Devisement du monde:

Entretenez vous en vous-mesme, au pis aller : Comme un conseiller de ma cognoissance, ayant desgorgé une battelée de paragraphes, d’une extreme contention, et pareille ineptie

(of a liquid or figuratively) to flow into, to spill into


obeir

French: obéir


subiuger

subiuger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
subiugeant (gerund participle present)


estrangler

estrangler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
estranglant (gerund participle present)

From Old French estrangler, from Classical Latin strangulō, strangulāre.

to strangle (to squeeze the throat of someone)


mesdire

French: médire

to traduce; to defame; to speak badly of


fremir

French: frémir


atempter

atempter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
atemptant (gerund participle present)

French: attenter

aprés ceste priere il vouldroit passer oultre et atempter aulcune chose au prejudice de nostre dicte cousine et cousin de Longueville, leur tendre la main de vostre bonne et favorable protection pour empescher toutes mauvaises entreprinses queluy et tout aultre vouldroient faire sur ce qui leur appartient


gaimenter

gaimenter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
gaimentant (gerund participle present)


lascher

lascher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
laschant (gerund participle present)

French: lâcher


navrer

navrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
navrant (gerund participle present)


iuger

to judge (pass judgment on; make a decision on)


evaporer

evaporer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
evaporant (gerund participle present)

(figuratively, reflexive, s'evaporer) to evaporate; to disappear


tollir

From Old French tolir from Latin tollere.


rappeller

rappeller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
rappellant (gerund participle present)

French: rappeler


despendre

French: dépendre


pretendre

→ English: pretend

French: prétendre

From Old French pretendre, borrowed from Latin praetendere, present active infinitive of praetendō.


extendre

Variant of estendre with the 'x' added back to reflect the Latin etymology extendere.


rouller

rouller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
roullant (gerund participle present)

French: rouler

(transitive) to roll (move a round object by applying physical force to it)


avoyr

avoyr (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
ayant (gerund participle present)


expuyser

expuyser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
expuysant (gerund participle present)

French: épuiser


advouer

advouer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
advouant (gerund participle present)

French: avouer


povant

povant (feminine singular povante, masculine plural povans, feminine plural povantes)

povante (feminine singular)
povans (masculine plural)
povantes (feminine plural)

(may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of povoir


iouant

iouant (feminine singular iouante, masculine plural iouans, feminine plural iouantes)

iouante (feminine singular)
iouans (masculine plural)
iouantes (feminine plural)

(may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of iouer


luyre

French: luire

to shine (emit large quantities of light)


debvant

debvant (feminine singular debvante, masculine plural debvans, feminine plural debvantes)

debvante (feminine singular)
debvans (masculine plural)
debvantes (feminine plural)

(may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of debvoir


doibvant

doibvant (feminine singular doibvante, masculine plural doibvans, feminine plural doibvantes)

doibvante (feminine singular)
doibvans (masculine plural)
doibvantes (feminine plural)


mascher

mascher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
maschant (gerund participle present)

desctree

French: mâcher
→ Alemannic German: mäschere (possibly)
→ Esperanto: maĉi
Norman: mâquier

From Old French mascher, from Latin masticare.


establyr

French: établir

Old French establir, from Latin stabilio.

to establish; to make; to create; to set up


recepvant

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recepvant (feminine singular recepvante, masculine plural recepvans, feminine plural recepvantes)

recepvante (feminine singular)
recepvans (masculine plural)
recepvantes (feminine plural)

(may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of recepvoir


atacher

atacher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
atachant (gerund participle present)


asceurer

French: assurer

to assure; to make certain; to make sure


prognosticquer

French: pronostiquer

Au rebours (repondist Panurge) C'est de moy qu'il prognosticque

1552, François Rabelais, Le Tiers Livre:


praesider

praesider (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
praesidant (gerund participle present)

Old French presider, from Latin praesideō.


peulx

first-person singular present indicative of povoir


veulx

first-person singular present indicative of vouloir

second-person singular present indicative of vouloir


entreprins

French: entrepris

masculine plural of the past participle of entreprendre


fasché

French: fâché


communicquer

communicquer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
communicquant (gerund participle present)

French: communiquer


tesmoigner

tesmoigner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
tesmoignant (gerund participle present)

French: témoigner


abboyer

abboyer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
abboyant (gerund participle present)


soupper

soupper (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
souppant (gerund participle present)


engroisser

engroisser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
engroissant (gerund participle present)

French: engrosser


confermer

confermer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
confermant (gerund participle present)

French: confirmer


apparoistre

French: apparaître

From Old French aparoistre, from Late Latin appārēscere, present active infinitive of appārēscō (“begin to appear”), from Latin appareō.


praevenir

French: prévenir

Old French prevenir, from Latin praevenio.

de paour que mort ne le praevieigne.

from fear that death won't forewarn him.


ieusner

ieusner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
ieusnant (gerund participle present)


ieuner

ieuner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
ieunant (gerund participle present)

French: jeûner


reculler

reculler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
recullant (gerund participle present)

French: reculer


pecher

pecher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
pechant (gerund participle present)

French: pécher


esveigler

esveigler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esveiglant (gerund participle present)

French: éveiller

From Old French esveiller, with the g added back to reflect the Latin vigilo.


praevoir

French: prévoir

Ma vie finera bien toust, ie le praevoy.

My life will finish very soon, I foresee it.


recongnoissant

recongnoissant (feminine singular recongnoissante, masculine plural recongnoissans, feminine plural recongnoissantes)

recongnoissante (feminine singular)
recongnoissans (masculine plural)
recongnoissantes (feminine plural)

(may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of recongnoistre


entreprinses

feminine plural of the past participle of entreprendre


entreprinse

feminine singular of the past participle of entreprendre


veigler

veigler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
veiglant (gerund participle present)

French: veiller

From Old French veiller, with the g added back to reflect the Latin vigilō.


doibs

first-person singular present indicative of debvoir


reverer

reverer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
reverant (gerund participle present)

to revere (regard someone or something with great awe or devotion)


surprinses

feminine plural of the past participle of surprendre


surprinse

French: surprise

feminine singular of the past participle of surprendre


surprins

French: surpris

masculine plural of the past participle of surprendre


desrobber

desrobber (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desrobbant (gerund participle present)


desyrer

desyrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desyrant (gerund participle present)


povons

first-person plural present indicative of povoir


demesler

demesler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
demeslant (gerund participle present)

French: démêler

to unmix (separate two or more elements that were previously mixed)


condescendre

condescendre (infinitive)
avoir condescendu (infinitive multiword-construction)
en condescendant (gerund)
gerund of avoir + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
condescendant (participle present)
condescendu (participle past)
condescent (present singular)
condescenz (present second-person singular)
condescendons (plural present)
condescendez (plural present)
condescendent (plural present)
condescendoie (imperfect singular)
condescendeie (imperfect singular)
condescendoies (imperfect second-person singular)
condescendeies (imperfect second-person singular)
condescendoit (imperfect singular)
condescendeit (imperfect singular)
condescendiiens (imperfect plural)
condescendiens (imperfect plural)
condescendiiez (imperfect plural)
condescendiez (imperfect plural)
condescendoient (imperfect plural)
condescendeient (imperfect plural)
condescendi (preterite singular)
condescendis (preterite second-person singular)
condescendié (preterite singular)
condescendimes (plural preterite)
condescendistes (plural preterite)
condescendierent (plural preterite)
condescendrai (future singular)
condescendras (future second-person singular)
condescendra (future singular)
condescendrons (future plural)
condescendroiz (future plural)
condescendreiz (future plural)
condescendrez (future plural)
condescendront (future plural)
condescendroie (conditional singular)
condescendreie (conditional singular)
condescendroies (conditional second-person singular)
condescendreies (conditional second-person singular)
condescendroit (conditional singular)
condescendreit (conditional singular)
condescendriiens (conditional plural)
condescendriens (conditional plural)
condescendriiez (conditional plural)
condescendriez (conditional plural)
condescendroient (conditional plural)
condescendreient (conditional plural)
future tense of avoir + past participle (future multiword-construction perfect)
future tense of avoir + past participle (future multiword-construction perfect second-person)
condescende (present singular)
condescendes (present second-person singular)
condescendisse (imperfect singular)
condescendisses (imperfect second-person singular)
condescendist (imperfect singular)
condescendissons (imperfect plural)
condescendissiens (imperfect plural)
condescendissoiz (imperfect plural)
condescendissez (imperfect plural)
condescendissiez (imperfect plural)
condescendissent (imperfect plural)
condescent (imperative second-person singular)
condescendons (imperative plural)
condescendez (imperative plural)

French: condescendre

L’Empereur Conrad troisiesme, ayant assiegé Guelphe, duc de Bavieres, ne voulut condescendre a plus douces conditions

(reflexive) to assent (to); to agree (to)


reluyre

French: reluire


attaindre

French: atteindre

to reach (to be physically touch or access)


complaire

French: complaire

→ English: complease

Borrowed from Latin complaceo, complacere.

Le roy de France, pour luy complaire, par le moien du duc d'Angou, le luy donna

The King of France, to please him, by the intermediary of the Duke of Anjou, gave it to him


executer

executer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
executant (gerund participle present)

to execute (kill by means of an execution)


presumer

presumer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
presumant (gerund participle present)

→ English: presume

French: présumer


desrompre

French: dérompre


essilier

essilier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
essilant (gerund participle present)


pasturer

pasturer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
pasturant (gerund participle present)

French: pâturer


picquant

picquant (feminine singular picquante, masculine plural picquans, feminine plural picquantes)

picquante (feminine singular)
picquans (masculine plural)
picquantes (feminine plural)

(may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of picquer


seant

seant (feminine singular seante, masculine plural seans, feminine plural seantes)

seante (feminine singular)
seans (masculine plural)
seantes (feminine plural)

(may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of seoir


melancholier

melancholier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
melancholiant (gerund participle present)

Sil pleut, ne vous en melancholiez

1535, François Rabelais, Pantagrueline Prognostication:


suyvant

suyvant (feminine singular suyvante, masculine plural suyvans, feminine plural suyvantes)

suyvante (feminine singular)
suyvans (masculine plural)
suyvantes (feminine plural)

(may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of suyvre


adiouster

adiouster (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
adioustant (gerund participle present)

French: ajouter


deschirer

deschirer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
deschirant (gerund participle present)

French: déchirer

From Old French eschirer and Provençal esqinar, which is of Germanic origin, from Frankish *skeran; see also Old High German skerran.


dampner

dampner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
dampnant (gerund participle present)


appareiller

appareiller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
appareillant (gerund participle present)

French: appareiller


desborder

desborder (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desbordant (gerund participle present)


affoiblir

French: affaiblir


offencer

offencer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
offençant (gerund participle present)

French: offenser


estouffer

estouffer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
estouffant (gerund participle present)

French: étouffer

Probably from Germanic, akin to Old High German stopfon (“to stop up”), probably ultimately from Medieval Latin stuppare (“to clog up with tow”), from stuppa (“tow”).

der

(figuratively) to strangle (inhibit, prevent)


garentir

French: garantir

Old French guarantir and its variant spellings, from Frankish.

elle ne povoit estre garentie

1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 42:


respondant

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respondant (feminine singular respondante, masculine plural respondans, feminine plural respondantes)

respondante (feminine singular)
respondans (masculine plural)
respondantes (feminine plural)

(may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of respondre


descharger

descharger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
deschargeant (gerund participle present)


posseder

posseder (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
possedant (gerund participle present)


renger

renger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
rengeant (gerund participle present)

French: ranger


reietter

reietter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
reiettant (gerund participle present)


desnouer

desnouer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desnouant (gerund participle present)

French: dénouer

(figuratively, by extension) to untangle


practicquer

practicquer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
practicquant (gerund participle present)

French: pratiquer


paroistre

French: paraître

ce que dit Cesar, que les choses nous paroissent souvent plus grandes de loing que de pres

what Cesar says, that things often things appear bigger from far away than from close up


cercher

cercher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
cerchant (gerund participle present)


quiter

quiter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
quitant (gerund participle present)

French: quitter

From Old French quitter (“to liberate”); equivalent to modern French quitte + -er.

to leave (to depart; to cease to be a part of)


foetter

foetter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
foettant (gerund participle present)

French: fouetter


duire

ceux qui sont duicts à combatre nuds, on les void se ietter aux hazards pareils aux nostres

1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 12:

Those who are driven to fight naked, we see them fight against dangers similar to ours


poisant

French: pesant

(may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of poiser


despencer

despencer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
despençant (gerund participle present)

French: dépenser


esteindre

French: éteindre

From Old French esteindre, from Latin extinguō, extinguere.

Pour esteindre ce commencement de trouble


eslargir

French: élargir

→ Middle English: eslarge


satisfaict

French: satisfait


regorger

regorger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
regorgeant (gerund participle present)

to regurgitate (to bring back up that which has been ingested via the mouth)


serainer

serainer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
serainant (gerund participle present)


abestir

French: abêtir


destourner

destourner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
destournant (gerund participle present)

French: détourner


luitter

luitter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
luittant (gerund participle present)

French: lutter


desloger

desloger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
deslogeant (gerund participle present)

French: déloger


desmeler

desmeler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desmelant (gerund participle present)


desheriter

desheriter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desheritant (gerund participle present)


envenimer

French: envenimer


escorcher

escorcher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
escorchant (gerund participle present)

to skin (remove the skin from something)


encommencer

encommencer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
encommençant (gerund participle present)


acquerir

French: acquérir


obmettre

French: omettre


prattiquer

prattiquer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
prattiquant (gerund participle present)

French: pratiquer


escarter

escarter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
escartant (gerund participle present)

French: écarter

to separate; to put distance between two or more things


esclairer

esclairer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esclairant (gerund participle present)

French: éclairer

to light up (make lighter; add light to)


prevoir

French: prévoir

to foresee (to anticipate something which has not yet happened)


refréchir

French: rafraîchir

[il avoyt] nul moyen de refréchir ou eslargir son armée

[he had] no way of refreshing or of enlarging his army


desadvouer

desadvouer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desadvouant (gerund participle present)

French: désavouer


iouyr

French: jouir


contreroller

contreroller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
contrerollant (gerund participle present)

→ Middle English: controllen

English: control

French: contrôler

From Medieval Latin contrarotulare, from contrarotulus (“copy of a roll”), from Latin contra (“against”) + rotulus (“roll”).

Si nous nous amusions par fois à nous considerer, et le temps que nous mettons à contreroller autruy et à connoistre les choses qui sont hors de nous, que nous l'emploissions à nous sonder nous mesmes, nous sentirions aisément combien toute cette nostre contexture est bastie de pieces foibles et defaillantes.

If we sometimes amused ourselves by considering ourselves, and the time that we use to control that which is around us and know the things that are beyond us, if we used it to examine ourselves, we would easily understand to what point our surroundings are built out of feeble, defective bits.


bailler

French: bailler

to bail (someone into someone else's custody)

quant il les eut faictes si les scella & les bailla a la damoiselle pour porter l'andemain a court

when he had written them [the letters] he then sealed them and entrusted them to the lady to take them tomorrow to the court

(by extension) to entrust (something to someone)


bailler

bailler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
baillant (gerund participle present)

Alternative form of baailler (“to yawn”)


espessir

French: épaissir

Since Old French, from espés (“thick”) + -ir.

(transitive) to thicken; to make thicker

(intransitive) to thicken; to become thicker


ozer

ozer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
ozant (gerund participle present)


reiouyr

French: réjouir


ietter

ietter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
iettant (gerund participle present)


redoubter

redoubter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
redoubtant (gerund participle present)

French: redouter


ralier

ralier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
raliant (gerund participle present)


emboucher

emboucher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
embouchant (gerund participle present)

French: emboucher

Old French embouchier, from en- + bouche + -ier.


grapper

grapper (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
grappant (gerund participle present)


entrempescher

entrempescher (infinitive)
estre + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
entrempeschant (gerund participle present)

(reflexive, of two or more things) to prevent one another


enyvrer

enyvrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enyvrant (gerund participle present)

French: enivrer

(reflexive, s'enyvrer, by extension) to be intoxicated (with an idea, etc.)


deffier

deffier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
deffiant (gerund participle present)

French: défier


hayr

French: haïr


ioindre

French: joindre

deux lignes s’approçhant sans cesse l’une de l’autre et ne se pouvant iamais ioindre

1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 14:

two lines approaching each other without stopping and not being able to join


cheoir

From Old French cheoir, from Late Latin cadēre, from Latin cadĕre.


appercevoir

French: apercevoir


eslancer

eslancer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
eslançant (gerund participle present)

French: élancer

Ceux qui tombent, eslancent ainsi les bras au devant de leur cheute, par une naturelle impulsion

1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 6:

Those who fall throw their arms in front of them, by a natural impulse


remerquer

remerquer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
remerquant (gerund participle present)

French: remarquer


espargnant

espargnant (feminine singular espargnante, masculine plural espargnans, feminine plural espargnantes)

espargnante (feminine singular)
espargnans (masculine plural)
espargnantes (feminine plural)

(may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of espargner


pleu

French: plu


esclaircir

French: éclaircir


r'asseurer

r'asseurer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
r'asseurant (gerund participle present)


presupposer

presupposer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
presupposant (gerund participle present)


embausmer

embausmer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
embausmant (gerund participle present)

French: embaumer


desregler

desregler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desreglant (gerund participle present)

French: dérégler


conclurre

From Latin conclūdere, present active infinitive of conclūdō.


esgaler

esgaler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esgalant (gerund participle present)

French: égaler


bransler

bransler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
branslant (gerund participle present)

French: branler


reiouissant

reiouissant (feminine singular reiouissante, masculine plural reiouissans, feminine plural reiouissantes)

reiouissante (feminine singular)
reiouissans (masculine plural)
reiouissantes (feminine plural)

(may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of reiouyr


enpoisonner

enpoisonner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enpoisonnant (gerund participle present)

French: empoisonner


esguiser

esguiser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esguisant (gerund participle present)


lurrer

lurrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
lurrant (gerund participle present)

French: leurrer


contrepoiser

contrepoiser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
contrepoisant (gerund participle present)

to weigh something against something else


esloigné

French: éloigné


cherir

French: chérir


soubscrire

French: souscrire


racointer

racointer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
racointant (gerund participle present)

French: raconter


revencher

revencher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
revenchant (gerund participle present)

French: revancher


entreconnoistre

(reflexive, s'entreconnoistre) to know one another


faucer

faucer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
fauçant (gerund participle present)

French: fausser


amolir

French: amollir


esventer

esventer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esventant (gerund participle present)

French: éventer


quereler

quereler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
querelant (gerund participle present)

French: quereller


esvanter

esvanter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esvantant (gerund participle present)


raieunir

French: rajeunir


entreruyner

entreruyner (infinitive)
estre + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
entreruynant (gerund participle present)

(reflexive, s'entreruyner) to ruin one another


alonger

alonger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
alongeant (gerund participle present)

French: allonger


iniurier

iniurier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
iniuriant (gerund participle present)

French: injurier


debaracer

debaracer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
debaraçant (gerund participle present)

French: débarrasser

Probably borrowed from Spanish desembarazar.


obeyr

French: obéir


prevaloir

French: prévaloir


assieger

assieger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
assiegeant (gerund participle present)

French: assiéger


creancer

creancer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
creançant (gerund participle present)


coniecturer

coniecturer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
coniecturant (gerund participle present)

French: conjecturer


raporter

raporter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
raportant (gerund participle present)

French: rapporter

faut que toutes ces pieces, il les sçache proportionner et raporter l’une à l’autre pour en engendrer une parfaicte symmetrie

1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 37:

And all these pieces, he has to know how to proportion and link them relative to one another, in order to be able to make a perfect symmetry


desconseiller

desconseiller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desconseillant (gerund participle present)

French: déconseiller


escorner

escorner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
escornant (gerund participle present)

French: écorner


esparpiller

esparpiller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esparpillant (gerund participle present)

French: éparpiller


besoinger

besoinger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
besoignant (gerund participle present)

French: besogner


esperer

esperer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esperant (gerund participle present)

French: espérer


esplucher

esplucher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
espluchant (gerund participle present)

French: éplucher


estirer

estirer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
estirant (gerund participle present)

French: étirer


encliner

encliner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enclinant (gerund participle present)

les seigneurs de Portingal […] s'enclinoient a luy et a cette election

the lords of Portugal […] submitted to him and to this choice

(reflexive, s'encliner) to give in to; to submit to (an authority, etc.)


denunchier

denunchier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
denunchiant (gerund participle present)


croniquier

croniquier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
croniquiant (gerund participle present)

French: chroniquer


infourmer

infourmer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
infourmant (gerund participle present)

French: informer


embler

embler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
emblant (gerund participle present)


reconquerir

to reconquer (conquer something which one had previously conquered)


regratier

regratier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
regratiant (gerund participle present)

dont nous regrations Nostre-Seigneur


reclorre

French: reclore


courouchier

courouchier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
courouchant (gerund participle present)


acquiter

acquiter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
acquitant (gerund participle present)

je m'en acquiteray a mon leal povoir et de bon ceur

(reflexive, s'acquiter de) to act; to do


demourer

demourer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
demourant (gerund participle present)

French: demeurer

Sire venez vous car nous demourons trop

1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 14:

Sire, come with me because we're staying too long


traveillier

traveillier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
traveillant (gerund participle present)


eschever

eschever (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
eschevant (gerund participle present)

French: esquiver


soingner

soingner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
soingnant (gerund participle present)

French: soigner

Entandis que les varlets soingnoient du soupper

While the manservants were taking care of the supper


raenchonner

raenchonner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
raenchonnant (gerund participle present)

French: rançonner

From Old French raençonner, from raençon (compare raenchon).


traittier

traittier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
traittant (gerund participle present)


geller

geller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
gellant (gerund participle present)

French: geler

to be freezing (to have a temperate of 0°C or less)


pourveoir

French: pourvoir

From Old French porveoir, from Latin prōvidēre, present active infinitive of prōvideō. See pour-, veoir.


rebarber

rebarber (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
rebarbant (gerund participle present)

(intransitive or reflexive, se rebarber) to be irritating or repellent


encharger

encharger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enchargeant (gerund participle present)

From Old French enchargier. By surface analysis, en- + charger.

(figuratively) to charge (assign a duty or responsibility to)


ymaginer

ymaginer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
ymaginant (gerund participle present)


rendre ame

French: rendre l’âme

la pointe du coutelet qui le toucha a la gorge, moult petit feust-ce, mais ce fut une vaine, tantost il se tourna d'autre part et la rendi ame

the point of the knife that was touching his throat was very small, but cut a vain, and as soon as he turned round he died


enfelonner

enfelonner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enfelonnant (gerund participle present)

(reflexive, s'enfelonner) to get irritated


accointer

accointer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
accointant (gerund participle present)

French: accointer

(reflexive, s'accointer) to get to know; to acquaint oneself


aquitter

aquitter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
aquittant (gerund participle present)

(reflexive, s'aquitter) to occupy oneself with; to undertake; to do


courrouchier

courrouchier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
courrouchant (gerund participle present)

French: courroucer


mehaignier

mehaignier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
mehaignant (gerund participle present)


seeller

seeller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
seellant (gerund participle present)

French: sceller


faire visaige

(idiomatic) to face; to face up to (someone, something)


arroier

arroier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
arroiant (gerund participle present)

(chiefly military) to arrange (troops, etc.)


entaire

(reflexive, s'entaire) to remain silent; to not comment


espardre

French: épardre


desploier

desploier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desploiant (gerund participle present)

French: déployer

(transitive) to unfold; top unfurl; to unroll


esmerveillier

esmerveillier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esmerveillant (gerund participle present)


buchier

buchier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
buchant (gerund participle present)


descouchier

descouchier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
descouchant (gerund participle present)

(transitive) to get (someone) out of bed

(reflexive, se descouchier) to get (oneself) out of bed


approuchier

approuchier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
approuchant (gerund participle present)


cryer

cryer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
cryant (gerund participle present)

French: crier


trousser

trousser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
troussant (gerund participle present)


redrechier

redrechier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
redrechant (gerund participle present)

French: redresser

(transitive) to stand up; to put into an upright position


fortiffier

fortiffier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
fortiffiant (gerund participle present)


subiuguier

subiuguier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
subiuguant (gerund participle present)

French: subjuguer


desrisier

desrisier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desrisant (gerund participle present)


enhorter

enhorter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enhortant (gerund participle present)


enorter

enorter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enortant (gerund participle present)


enconvenencier

enconvenencier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enconvenençant (gerund participle present)


agenouller

French: agenouiller


renouveller

renouveller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
renouvellant (gerund participle present)

French: renouveler


enchargier

enchargier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enchargeant (gerund participle present)


desancrer

desancrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desancrant (gerund participle present)


armoier

armoier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
armoiant (gerund participle present)

(intransitive) to engage in battle or warfare


singler

singler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
singlant (gerund participle present)

French: cingler


approuvender

approuvender (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
approuvendant (gerund participle present)


destabler

destabler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
destablant (gerund participle present)


fouragier

fouragier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
fourageant (gerund participle present)

to forage (specifically, to look for food)


hostoier

hostoier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
hostoiant (gerund participle present)


cointoier

cointoier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
cointoiant (gerund participle present)


iolyer

iolyer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
iolyant (gerund participle present)


avanchier

avanchier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
avanchant (gerund participle present)


enseignier

enseignier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enseignant (gerund participle present)

French: enseigner


herrier

herrier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
herriant (gerund participle present)

Old French harier from Old Dutch *herrōn from Frankish *hariōn < Proto-Germanic *harjōną.


appuier

appuier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
appuiant (gerund participle present)

French: appuyer


picquier

picquier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
picquant (gerund participle present)


desrouter

desrouter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desroutant (gerund participle present)


entrencontrer

entrencontrer (infinitive)
estre + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
entrencontrant (gerund participle present)

(reflexive, s'entrencontrer) to meet one another


conioindre

French: conjoindre


banir

to summon by ban (mil.), to raise (an army)


desguiser

desguiser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desguisant (gerund participle present)

(transitive) to disguise (hide something or someone's appearance by altering it)


portraire

English: portray

French: portraire

to portray (represent with images, words, etc.)


entituler

entituler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
entitulant (gerund participle present)

English: entitle

French: intituler


desmolir

French: démolir

to demolish (to destroy, especially a building in a planned fashion)


occurrer

occurrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
occurrant (gerund participle present)

Borrowed as a first group verb from Latin occurrō, occurrere.

Le mefme est d'un homme politicq, ou Gouverneur, qui à mon advis ne se doibt presupposer aultre but en faisant ses loix, que le repos & tranquillité de la republique, & dresser à ce but toutes choses particulieres qui peuvent occurrer, soit religion ou aultre quelconque.

1579, Université de Gand, Discours contenant le vray entendement de la pacification de Gand, de l'union des Estats, & aultres traictez y ensuyviz, touchant le faict de la religion:


desplacer

desplacer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desplaçant (gerund participle present)

→ English: displace

French: déplacer

(transitive) to move (cause something to change position)

(intransitive) to move (to change one's position)


esperez

second-person plural present indicative/imperative of esperer


heiler

heiler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
heilant (gerund participle present)

First known attestation 1391, borrowed from Middle English heilen (“to hail”).


pugnir

Hypercorrection of punir — no g in the original Latin pūniō.


effreer

effreer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
effreant (gerund participle present)

French: effrayer

Car, pour escarmuche ou pour assaut, que on y face, riens ne s'effreent ne se desroient ossi


nombrer

nombrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
nombrant (gerund participle present)

French: nombrer


destaindre

to put out; to extinguish (a fire, etc.)


temprer

temprer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
temprant (gerund participle present)


tocquer

tocquer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
tocquant (gerund participle present)

& luy tocquer la teste comme à un Prince

published 1599, L'Histoire d'Ogier le Dannois, page 84

to touch his head, as one does to a Prince


mulcter

mulcter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
mulctant (gerund participle present)


relinquir

From Old French relenquir, with the second e replaced by an i to more closely match the Latin source relinquō.


delaisser

delaisser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
delaissant (gerund participle present)


houssepillier

houssepillier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
houssepillant (gerund participle present)


fromenter

fromenter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
fromentant (gerund participle present)

(of a field, etc.) to prepare for the planting of wheat


forboire

Étienne Pasquier (1529-1615), Pourparler du Prince
Alexandre estoit bon coutumier de se forboire

(reflexive, se forboire) to drink to excess


fouller

fouller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
foullant (gerund participle present)


espraindre

French: épreindre

From Old French espreindre, espraindre, from Vulgar Latin *expremere, from Latin exprimere, present active infinitive of exprimō.


manouvrer

manouvrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
manouvrant (gerund participle present)


estiquier

estiquier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
estiquant (gerund participle present)


estacher

estacher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
estachant (gerund participle present)


aboscher

aboscher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
aboschant (gerund participle present)


esbaucher

esbaucher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esbauchant (gerund participle present)


desinfecter

desinfecter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desinfectant (gerund participle present)


despossesser

despossesser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
despossessant (gerund participle present)

to dispossess (to take something from someone)


desbaucher

desbaucher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desbauchant (gerund participle present)

French: débaucher

→ English: debauch

to entice someone away from his or her work or duty


enconcher

enconcher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enconchant (gerund participle present)


enconché

frm-past participle

enconché m (feminine singular enconchee, masculine plural enconchez, feminine plural enconchees)

enconchee (feminine singular)
enconchez (masculine plural)
enconchees (feminine plural)


traicté

traicté m (feminine singular traictee, masculine plural traictez, feminine plural traictees)

traictee (feminine singular)
traictez (masculine plural)
traictees (feminine plural)

From Old French traitié, from Latin tractatus, from tracto.


pacquer

pacquer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
pacquant (gerund participle present)


acoustrer

acoustrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
acoustrant (gerund participle present)


enferrer

enferrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enferrant (gerund participle present)

French: enferrer


querir

French: quérir
Sabir: quérir

From Old French querre (with conjugation change), from Latin quaerere, present active infinitive of quaerō (“I seek”).


effronter

effronter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
effrontant (gerund participle present)

(transitive) to smash someone's forehead


subiecter

subiecter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
subiectant (gerund participle present)


hucher

hucher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
huchant (gerund participle present)

Old French huchier. Probably a variant of huer, from the onomatopoeia hu.


annuyter

Old French anuitier, corresponding to a- + nuyt + -er.

(impersonal, intransitive) to become nighttime


entreabatre

(reflexive, s'entreabatre) to knock one another over


estourdi

French: étourdi


haittier

haittier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
haittant (gerund participle present)


entrehurter

entrehurter (infinitive)
estre + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
entrehurtant (gerund participle present)

(reflexive, s'entrehurter) to crash into one another


meffaire

French: méfaire


deshonnourer

deshonnourer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
deshonnourant (gerund participle present)

French: déshonorer


hebergier

hebergier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
hebergeant (gerund participle present)

French: héberger

to put up (to provide accommodation for visitors)


desprisonner

desprisonner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desprisonnant (gerund participle present)


entrefraper

entrefraper (infinitive)
estre + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
entrefrapant (gerund participle present)

(reflexive, s'entrefraper) Alternative form of entrefrapper


remercyer

remercyer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
remercyant (gerund participle present)

French: remercier


honnourer

honnourer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
honnourant (gerund participle present)

French: honorer

to honor (to treat with honor and respect)


fusmes

French: fûmes

first-person plural past historic of estre


povoit

French: pouvait

third-person singular imperfect indicative of povoir


pausmer

pausmer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
pausmant (gerund participle present)

French: pâmer

(reflexive, se pausmer) to walk around; to walk about


mensongier

mensongier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
mensongeant (gerund participle present)


aloser

aloser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
alosant (gerund participle present)


mucer

mucer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
muçant (gerund participle present)

French: musser


esgratigner

esgratigner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esgratignant (gerund participle present)

French: égratigner

une damoiselle qui esgratignoit son viz

1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 32:

a young lady who was scratching her face


despuceller

despuceller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
despucellant (gerund participle present)

French: dépuceler

to deflower; to depucelate (take a woman's virginity)


mercyer

mercyer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
mercyant (gerund participle present)


ottroyer

ottroyer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
ottroyant (gerund participle present)

French: octroyer


merveiller

merveiller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
merveillant (gerund participle present)

(reflexive, se merveiller) to marvel (at)


arrengier

arrengier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
arrengeant (gerund participle present)

French: arranger

to arrange (put into specific positions)


aracher

aracher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
arachant (gerund participle present)

French: arracher


esquacher

esquacher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esquachant (gerund participle present)


transgloutir

transgloutir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
transgloutissant (gerund participle present)


detranchier

detranchier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
detranchant (gerund participle present)


consuivir

Variant of consuyvre, from Latin consequor.


esperonner

esperonner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esperonnant (gerund participle present)

French: éperonner


enfraindre

French: enfreindre

From Old French enfraindre, from Vulgar Latin *infrangere, from Latin infringō, infringere.


atourner

atourner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
atournant (gerund participle present)

French: atourner

Car il y estoit moult bel, moult fort & bien atourné de bons murs

1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 43:

For it [the castle] was very beautiful, very strong and very well furnished with good walls

to equip; to furnish with; to provide with


esmayé

esmayé m (feminine singular esmayee, masculine plural esmayez, feminine plural esmayees)

esmayee (feminine singular)
esmayez (masculine plural)
esmayees (feminine plural)


esmayer

esmayer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esmayant (gerund participle present)

(transitive) to scare; to worry; to trouble


offendre

From Old French, from Latin offendere, present active infinitive of offendō.


baailler

French: bâiller

bailler

according to Dictionnaire du moyen français, baailler and bailler are equally common


venoit

French: venait

third-person singular imperfect indicative of venir


tourneroient

French: tourneraient

third-person plural conditional of tourner


yroient

French: iraient

third-person plural conditional of aller


affier

affier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
affiant (gerund participle present)


mectre

mectre (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
mectant (gerund participle present)


desployer

desployer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desployant (gerund participle present)


bienfaire

bien + faire. Cf. also Latin benefacere.

le desir resolu de bienfaire

1595, Simon Goulart, Les oeuvres morales et meslees de Senecque, page 6:


empenser

empenser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
empensant (gerund participle present)

(transitive or reflexive, s'empenser) to think of; to think about


abbatre

French: abattre

Inherited from Old French abatre, from Late Latin abbattō, from Latin ad- + battō.

etymon

si le ferit si durement qu'il l'abatit a terre

1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 64:

then he hit him so forcefully that he knocked him to the ground


aterminer

aterminer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
aterminant (gerund participle present)

Old French aterminer, equivalent to a- + terminer.

(transitive, intransitive) to finish; to complete


apuyer

apuyer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
apuyant (gerund participle present)

French: appuyer

From Old French appuyer, from Vulgar Latin *appodiāre, a verb based on Latin podium.


entrefaire

entrefaire (infinitive)
estre + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
entrefaisant (gerund participle present)

(reflexive, s'entrefaire) to do to one another


entredesirer

entredesirer (infinitive)
estre + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
entredesirant (gerund participle present)

(reflexive, s'entredesirer) to desire one another


entredemander

entredemander (infinitive)
estre + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
entredemandant (gerund participle present)

(reflexive, s'entredemander) to ask one another


entrefrapper

entrefrapper (infinitive)
estre + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
entrefrappant (gerund participle present)

(reflexive, s'entrefrapper) to hit; to strike one another


coniurer

coniurer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
coniurant (gerund participle present)

French: conjurer

to call; to summon (ask someone to come somewhere)


faciez

second-person plural present subjunctive of faire


aiourner

French: ajourner


plouvoir

French: pleuvoir


descongnoistre

Old French desconoistre, from des- (“dis-; de-”) + conoistre (“know; recognize”).

prefix

(reflexive, se descongnoistre) to disguise oneself


mescongnoistre

Old French mesconoistre, from mes- + conoistre.


laidenger

laidenger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
laidengeant (gerund participle present)


deschevaucher

deschevaucher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
deschevauchant (gerund participle present)

From Old French deschevauchier, from Vulgar Latin *discaballicāre.


enchasser

enchasser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enchassant (gerund participle present)


disrent

French: dirent

third-person plural past historic of dire


compellir

→ English: compel

14th century, borrowed from Latin compellere.

to compel; to force someone to do something


desbarater

desbarater (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desbaratant (gerund participle present)


contregarder

contregarder (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
contregardant (gerund participle present)


plaist

French: plaît

third-person singular present indicative of plaire


esprendre

French: éprendre

Old French esprendre, from es- + prendre.

(intransitive or reflexive, s'esprendre) to catch fire


flechir

flechir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
fleschissant (gerund participle present)

French: fléchir


destreindre

angoisse de mort se destreingnoit

1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 75:


esvertuer

esvertuer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esvertuant (gerund participle present)

French: évertuer

(reflexive, s'esvertuer) to try one's hardest; to give one's best effort


pourforcer

pourforcer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
pourforçant (gerund participle present)

(reflexive, se pourforcer, with a) to try; to make an effort to endeavor


aerer

aerer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
aerant (gerund participle present)

Learned borrowing from Latin āēr + suffix -er to make a verb.

to aerate; to ventilate (a building, etc.)


apatir

apatir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
apatissant (gerund participle present)

(transitive) to obligate someone (by means of a pact) to pay a regular sum


entredonner

entredonner (infinitive)
estre + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
entredonnant (gerund participle present)

(reflexive, s'entredonner) to give (to) one another


escouiller

escouiller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
escouillant (gerund participle present)


morfondre

Middle English: morfounden, morefounden

English: morfound

mor (“snout”) + fondre. The first part comes from Franco-Provençal mor, more (“snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”), and the second from Latin fundere.

(unusually in the past participle morfondu) to chill; to cool


souloir

French: souloir (obsolete)

From Old French soloir. Attested in the infinitive at least as early as 1537.

1537, Cicero (original author), Epistres familiaires traduictz de latin en francois et nouvellement imprimez link
les hommes disent souloir estre faulsement rapporté

the men say that are habitually falsely reported


empieger

empieger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
empiegeant (gerund participle present)

French: empiéger


seiourner

seiourner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
seiournant (gerund participle present)

French: séjourner


esprouver

esprouver (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esprouvant (gerund participle present)

French: éprouver

Inherited from Old French esprover, from Latin probāre.

1383-86, Froissart, Chroniques
li Englés s'i esprouvoient trop vaillamment

the English proved themselves to be valiant

(reflexive or intransitive) to prove oneself, as in, to be brave, noble, etc.


espoventer

espoventer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
espoventant (gerund participle present)

French: épouvanter

Old French espoenter, with the v added back to reflect the Latin etymon pavor (“fear”).


esbattre

French: battre

(of an animal) to beat (wings, as in, to fly)


esguarer

esguarer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esguarant (gerund participle present)

Sans esguarer de rien le fil de mon subiect

1575, Henri Lancelot Voisin de La Popelinière, La vraye et entière Histoire des Troubles, et Choses memorables avenues tant en France qu'en Flandres & pays circonvoisins depuis l'an 1562, page 3:

Without sidetracking at all the thread of my subject


eschieller

eschieller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esciellant (gerund participle present)

Old French escheler, from eschele + -er.

(usually military) to scale using a ladder


estourdir

estourdir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
estourdissant (gerund participle present)

to stun (disorientate using physical force, e.g. a blow)


desister

desister (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desistant (gerund participle present)

→ English: desist

French: désister

Borrowed from Latin desistere, present active infinitive of desistō, assimilated into the first group of verbs (regular -er ending).

1581, Guill. Roville, Promptuaire des medalles des plus renommees personnes qui ont esté depuis le commencement du monde: avec brieve description de leurs vies & faits, recueillie des bons auteurs, page 73, line 10

in order to make him desist from the war

(almost always reflexive, se desister) to stop; to desist


sceust

third-person imperfect subjunctive of sçavoir


mehaignié

frm-past participle

mehaignié m (feminine singular mehaigniée, masculine plural mehaigniéz, feminine plural mehaigniées)

mehaigniée (feminine singular)
mehaigniéz (masculine plural)
mehaigniées (feminine plural)

→ French: méhaigné


esbranler

esbranler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
esbranlant (gerund participle present)

(transitive) to shake, move, destabilize

(transitive) (figuratively) to destabilize (someone or something)


braguer

braguer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
braguant (gerund participle present)

From bragues (“panties, knickers”, plural). Compare Walloon braguer (“to adorn, groom”).


possider

possider (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
possidant (gerund participle present)

→ French: posséder

From Old French porseoir, from Latin possidēre, possideō (“I possess; I own”).


travaillois

Ie travaillois jusqu'a mynuyt.

first/second-person singular imperfect indicative of travailler


obfusquer

From Old French offusquer, from Late Latin obfuscō, from Latin ob- + fuscō (“to darken”).