poiser

English

Etymology

poise +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔɪzə(ɹ)/

Noun

poiser (plural poisers)

  1. One who poises or balances something.
    • c. 1599 (date written), I. M. [i.e., John Marston], The History of Antonio and Mellida. The First Part. […], London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Mathewe Lownes, and Thomas Fisher, […], published 1602, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
      To the only rewarder and most just poiser of virtuous merits, the most honourably renowned Nobody, bounteous Maecenas of Poetry and Lord Protector of oppressed innocence, […]
  2. The balancer of dipterous insects.

Anagrams

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French poiser, variant of peser based on the tonic stem, from Latin pēnsāre.

Verb

poiser

  1. to weigh
  2. (figuratively) to weigh on; to be a burden or a problem

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of poiser
infinitive simple poiser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple poisant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle poisé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present poise poises poise poisons poisez poisent
imperfect poisois, poisoys poisois, poisoys poisoit, poisoyt poisions, poisyons poisiez, poisyez poisoient, poisoyent
past historic poisa poisas poisa poisasmes poisastes poiserent
future poiserai, poiseray poiseras poisera poiserons poiserez poiseront
conditional poiserois, poiseroys poiserois, poiseroys poiseroit, poiseroyt poiserions, poiseryons poiseriez, poiseryez poiseroient, poiseroyent
(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 poise poises poise poisons poisez poisent
imperfect poisasse poisasses poisast poisassions poisassiez poisassent
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — poise — poisons poisez —
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).

Derived terms
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