esprover

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Old French

Etymology

es- + prover, from Latin probāre.

Verb

esprover

  1. to prove
  2. (reflexive, s'esprover) to prove oneself

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem espruev distinct from the unstressed stem esprov, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of esprover (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive esprover avoir esprové
gerund en esprovant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle esprovant
past participle esprové
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present espruis esprueves esprueve esprovons esprovez espruevent
imperfect esprovoie, esproveie, esprovoe, esproveve esprovoies, esproveies, esprovoes, esproveves esprovoit, esproveit, esprovot, esproveve esproviiens, esproviens esproviiez, esproviez esprovoient, esproveient, esprovoent, esprovevent
preterite esprovai esprovas esprova esprovames esprovastes esproverent
future esproverai esproveras esprovera esproverons esproveroiz, esprovereiz, esproverez esproveront
conditional esproveroie, esprovereie esproveroies, esprovereies esproveroit, esprovereit esproveriiens, esproveriens esproveriiez, esproveriez esproveroient, esprovereient
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 espruisse espruisses espruisse, espruist esprovons, espruissiens, espruissons esprovez, espruissiez espruissent
imperfect esprovasse esprovasses esprovast esprovissons, esprovissiens esprovissoiz, esprovissez, esprovissiez esprovassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— espruisse — esprovons esprovez —

Descendants

  • Middle French: esprouver
  • → Italian: sprovare
  • → Middle English: esprove

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