decevoir

See also: décevoir

Middle French

Etymology

Old French decevoir.

Verb

decevoir

1. to deceive; to trick; to fool

Descendants

• French: décevoir

References

• decevoir on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Alternative forms

• deceivre, deçoivre

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dēcipeō, variant form of Classical Latin dēcipiō.

Verb

decevoir

1. to deceive; to trick; to fool
   • 12th or 13th century, Gace Brule (in "Anthologie de la poésie lyrique française des XII^e et XIII^e siècles), Contre tanz que voi frimer, →ISBN:

     Mais ciaus qui trichent Amour
     Et servent pour decevoir

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem deçoiv distinct from the unstressed stem decev, 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 decevoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		decevoir			avoir deceü
gerund		en decevant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		decevant
past participle		deceü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	deçoif, deçoi	deçois	deçoit	decevons	decevez	deçoivent
	imperfect	decevoie, deceveie	decevoies, deceveies	decevoit, deceveit	deceviiens, deceviens	deceviiez, deceviez	decevoient, deceveient
	preterite	deçui	deceüs	deçut	deceümes	deceüstes	deçurent
	future	decevrai	decevras	decevra	decevrons	decevroiz, decevreiz, decevrez	decevront
	conditional	decevroie, decevreie	decevroies, decevreies	decevroit, decevreit	decevriiens, decevriens	decevriiez, decevriez	decevroient, decevreient
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	deçoive	deçoives	deçoive	decevons	decevez	deçoivent
	imperfect	deceüsse	deceüsses	deceüst	deceüssons, deceüssiens	deceüssoiz, deceüssez, deceüssiez	deceüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	deçoif	—	decevons	decevez	—