despenser

Old French

Verb

despenser

1. to spend (money, etc.)

Conjugation

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

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		despenser			avoir despensé
gerund		en despensant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		despensant
past participle		despensé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	despens	despenses	despense	despensons	despensez	despensent
	imperfect	despensoie, despenseie, despensoe, despenseve	despensoies, despenseies, despensoes, despenseves	despensoit, despenseit, despensot, despenseve	despensiiens, despensiens	despensiiez, despensiez	despensoient, despenseient, despensoent, despensevent
	preterite	despensai	despensas	despensa	despensames	despensastes	despenserent
	future	despenserai	despenseras	despensera	despenserons	despenseroiz, despensereiz, despenserez	despenseront
	conditional	despenseroie, despensereie	despenseroies, despensereies	despenseroit, despensereit	despenseriiens, despenseriens	despenseriiez, despenseriez	despenseroient, despensereient
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	despens	despens	despenst	despensons	despensez	despensent
	imperfect	despensasse	despensasses	despensast	despensissons, despensissiens	despensissoiz, despensissez, despensissiez	despensassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	despense	—	despensons	despensez	—

Descendants

• → English: dispense
• French: dépenser