deraisnier

Old French

Alternative forms

• desraisnier

Etymology

From Late Latin dēratiōnō, dēratiōnāre, derived from Latin ratiō.

Verb

deraisnier

1. to explain; to justify

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has a stressed present stem deraison distinct from the unstressed stem deraisn. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of deraisnier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		deraisnier			avoir deraisnié
gerund		en deraisnant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		deraisnant
past participle		deraisnié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	deraison	deraisones	deraisone	deraisnons	deraisniez	deraisonent
	imperfect	deraisnoie, deraisneie, deraisnoe, deraisnieve	deraisnoies, deraisneies, deraisnoes, deraisnieves	deraisnoit, deraisneit, deraisnot, deraisnieve	deraisniiens, deraisniens	deraisniiez, deraisniez	deraisnoient, deraisneient, deraisnoent, deraisnievent
	preterite	deraisnai	deraisnas	deraisna	deraisnames	deraisnastes	deraisnierent
	future	deraisnerai	deraisneras	deraisnera	deraisnerons	deraisneroiz, deraisnereiz, deraisnerez	deraisneront
	conditional	deraisneroie, deraisnereie	deraisneroies, deraisnereies	deraisneroit, deraisnereit	deraisneriiens, deraisneriens	deraisneriiez, deraisneriez	deraisneroient, deraisnereient
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	deraison	deraisons	deraisont	deraisnons	deraisniez	deraisonent
	imperfect	deraisnasse	deraisnasses	deraisnast	deraisnissons, deraisnissiens	deraisnissoiz, deraisnissez, deraisnissiez	deraisnassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	deraisone	—	deraisnons	deraisniez	—

Related terms

• raison

Descendants

• English: deraign