esmovoir

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *exmovēre, from Latin ēmovēre, present active infinitive of ēmoveō.

Verb

esmovoir

  1. (transitive) to move (cause to move)
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
      Item tu dois scavoir que les humeurs s’esmeuvent en diverses heures pour cause de la racine de hault et de bas.
      Also you must know that the humors moves at various times because of the root from the top [of the body] to the bottom
  2. (transitive) to move (cause emotion)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem esmuev distinct from the unstressed stem esmov, 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 esmovoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive esmovoir avoir esmeü, es meu
gerund en esmovant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle esmovant
past participle esmeü, es meu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present esmuef esmues esmuet esmovons esmovez esmuevent
imperfect esmovoie, esmoveie esmovoies, esmoveies esmovoit, esmoveit esmoviiens, esmoviens esmoviiez, esmoviez esmovoient, esmoveient
preterite esmui esmeüs esmut esmeümes esmeüstes esmurent
future esmovrai esmovras esmovra esmovrons esmovroiz, esmovreiz, esmovrez esmovront
conditional esmovroie, esmovreie esmovroies, esmovreies esmovroit, esmovreit esmovriiens, esmovriens esmovriiez, esmovriez esmovroient, esmovreient
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 esmueve esmueves esmueve esmovons esmovez esmuevent
imperfect esmeüsse esmeüsses esmeüst esmeüssons, esmeüssiens esmeüssoiz, esmeüssez, esmeüssiez esmeüssent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— esmuef — esmovons esmovez —

Descendants
  • → Middle English:
  • Middle French: esmouvoir

References
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