approuvender

Middle French

Etymology

Old French aprovender.

Verb

approuvender

1. to provide (food, water, etc.)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of approuvender

infinitive	simple	approuvender
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	approuvendant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		approuvendé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	approuvende	approuvendes	approuvende	approuvendons	approuvendez	approuvendent
	imperfect	approuvendois, approuvendoys	approuvendois, approuvendoys	approuvendoit, approuvendoyt	approuvendions, approuvendyons	approuvendiez, approuvendyez	approuvendoient, approuvendoyent
	past historic	approuvenda	approuvendas	approuvenda	approuvendasmes	approuvendastes	approuvenderent
	future	approuvenderai, approuvenderay	approuvenderas	approuvendera	approuvenderons	approuvenderez	approuvenderont
	conditional	approuvenderois, approuvenderoys	approuvenderois, approuvenderoys	approuvenderoit, approuvenderoyt	approuvenderions, approuvenderyons	approuvenderiez, approuvenderyez	approuvenderoient, approuvenderoyent
(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	approuvende	approuvendes	approuvende	approuvendons	approuvendez	approuvendent
	imperfect	approuvendasse	approuvendasses	approuvendast	approuvendassions	approuvendassiez	approuvendassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	approuvende	—	approuvendons	approuvendez	—
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).