prover (plural provers)
From Latin probāre, present active infinitive of probō.
prover
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 pruev distinct from the unstressed stem prov. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | prover | avoir prové | |||||
| gerund | en provant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | provant | ||||||
| past participle | prové | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | pruef | prueves | prueve | provons | provez | pruevent |
| imperfect | provoie, proveie, provoe, proveve | provoies, proveies, provoes, proveves | provoit, proveit, provot, proveve | proviiens, proviens | proviiez, proviez | provoient, proveient, provoent, provevent | |
| preterite | provai | provas | prova | provames | provastes | proverent | |
| future | proverai | proveras | provera | proverons | proveroiz, provereiz, proverez | proveront | |
| conditional | proveroie, provereie | proveroies, provereies | proveroit, provereit | proveriiens, proveriens | proveriiez, proveriez | proveroient, provereient | |
| 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 | pruef | prues | pruet | provons | provez | pruevent |
| imperfect | provasse | provasses | provast | provissons, provissiens | provissoiz, provissez, provissiez | provassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | prueve | — | provons | provez | — | ||
From Latin prōvidēre, with the loss of the second syllable. By surface analysis, pro- + ver.
prover (first-person singular present provejo, first-person singular preterite provi, past participle provido)
1Superseded.
prover