poiser
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
poiser (plural poisers)
- 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, […]
- The balancer of dipterous insects.
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Middle French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French poiser, variant of peser based on the tonic stem, from Latin pēnsāre.
Verb edit
poiser
- to weigh
- (figuratively) to weigh on; to be a burden or a problem
Conjugation edit
- 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 | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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). |