Old French edit

Verb edit

engroissier

  1. to make fattier
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. Lilium medicine):
      tu dois scavoir qu’on ne doit donner chose qu’agroisse ou engroisse la matiere, si comme sont huilles
      you must know that one does not give anything that fattens or makes the material fattier, like oils

Conjugation edit

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. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants edit

  • French: engraisser