esprover

Old French

Etymology

es- + prover, from Latin probāre.

Verb

esprover

1. to prove
2. (reflexive, s'esprover) to prove oneself

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem espruev distinct from the unstressed stem esprov, 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 esprover (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		esprover			avoir esprové
gerund		en esprovant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		esprovant
past participle		esprové
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	espruis	esprueves	esprueve	esprovons	esprovez	espruevent
	imperfect	esprovoie, esproveie, esprovoe, esproveve	esprovoies, esproveies, esprovoes, esproveves	esprovoit, esproveit, esprovot, esproveve	esproviiens, esproviens	esproviiez, esproviez	esprovoient, esproveient, esprovoent, esprovevent
	preterite	esprovai	esprovas	esprova	esprovames	esprovastes	esproverent
	future	esproverai	esproveras	esprovera	esproverons	esproveroiz, esprovereiz, esproverez	esproveront
	conditional	esproveroie, esprovereie	esproveroies, esprovereies	esproveroit, esprovereit	esproveriiens, esproveriens	esproveriiez, esproveriez	esproveroient, esprovereient
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	espruisse	espruisses	espruisse, espruist	esprovons, espruissiens, espruissons	esprovez, espruissiez	espruissent
	imperfect	esprovasse	esprovasses	esprovast	esprovissons, esprovissiens	esprovissoiz, esprovissez, esprovissiez	esprovassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	espruisse	—	esprovons	esprovez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: esprouver
  • French: éprouver
• → Italian: sprovare
• → Middle English: esprove

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (esprover)
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (esprover, supplement)
• esprover on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub