aprester

Old French

Etymology

a- +‎ prest (“ready”) +‎ -er.

Verb

aprester

1. to prepare; to get ready
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 202, line 2604:

     e jo m'irrai aprester

     and I will go and prepare myself

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of aprester (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		aprester			avoir apresté
gerund		en aprestant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		aprestant
past participle		apresté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	aprest	aprestes	apreste	aprestons	aprestez	aprestent
	imperfect	aprestoie, apresteie, aprestoe, apresteve	aprestoies, apresteies, aprestoes, apresteves	aprestoit, apresteit, aprestot, apresteve	aprestiiens, aprestiens	aprestiiez, aprestiez	aprestoient, apresteient, aprestoent, aprestevent
	preterite	aprestai	aprestas	apresta	aprestames	aprestastes	apresterent
	future	apresterai	apresteras	aprestera	apresterons	apresteroiz, aprestereiz, apresterez	apresteront
	conditional	apresteroie, aprestereie	apresteroies, aprestereies	apresteroit, aprestereit	apresteriiens, apresteriens	apresteriiez, apresteriez	apresteroient, aprestereient
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	aprest	aprez	aprest	aprestons	aprestez	aprestent
	imperfect	aprestasse	aprestasses	aprestast	aprestissons, aprestissiens	aprestissoiz, aprestissez, aprestissiez	aprestassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	apreste	—	aprestons	aprestez	—

Synonyms

• preparer

Descendants

• French: apprêter