possider

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French porseoir, from Latin possidēre, possideō (“I possess; I own”).

Verb

possider

1. to own; to possess

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of possider

infinitive	simple	possider
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	possidant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		possidé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	posside	possides	posside	possidons	possidez	possident
	imperfect	possidois, possidoys	possidois, possidoys	possidoit, possidoyt	possidions, possidyons	possidiez, possidyez	possidoient, possidoyent
	past historic	possida	possidas	possida	possidasmes	possidastes	possiderent
	future	possiderai, possideray	possideras	possidera	possiderons	possiderez	possideront
	conditional	possiderois, possideroys	possiderois, possideroys	possideroit, possideroyt	possiderions, possideryons	possideriez, possideryez	possideroient, possideroyent
(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	posside	possides	posside	possidons	possidez	possident
	imperfect	possidasse	possidasses	possidast	possidassions	possidassiez	possidassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	posside	—	possidons	possidez	—
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).

Descendants

• → French: posséder