abiurer

English

Noun

abiurer (plural abiurers)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of abjurer.

Latin

Verb

abiūrer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of abiūrō

Middle French

Etymology

Latin abiūrō.

Verb

abiurer

1. to abjure; to renounce
   • 1573, Jean Le Masle, Brief Discours Sur Les Troubles qui depuis douze ans ont continuellement agité & tourmenté le Royaume de France:

     N'est-il bien la saison d'abiurer l'heresie qui iusqu'à maintenant vous a l'ame saisi?

     Isn't it time to abjure the heresy which has until now seized your soul?

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of abiurer

infinitive	simple	abiurer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	abiurant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		abiuré
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	abiure	abiures	abiure	abiurons	abiurez	abiurent
	imperfect	abiurois, abiuroys	abiurois, abiuroys	abiuroit, abiuroyt	abiurions, abiuryons	abiuriez, abiuryez	abiuroient, abiuroyent
	past historic	abiura	abiuras	abiura	abiurasmes	abiurastes	abiurerent
	future	abiurerai, abiureray	abiureras	abiurera	abiurerons	abiurerez	abiureront
	conditional	abiurerois, abiureroys	abiurerois, abiureroys	abiureroit, abiureroyt	abiurerions, abiureryons	abiureriez, abiureryez	abiureroient, abiureroyent
(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	abiure	abiures	abiure	abiurons	abiurez	abiurent
	imperfect	abiurasse	abiurasses	abiurast	abiurassions	abiurassiez	abiurassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	abiure	—	abiurons	abiurez	—
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).