desprisonner

Middle French

Etymology

Old French desprisoner.

Verb

desprisonner

1. to liberate from prison

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of desprisonner

infinitive	simple	desprisonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	desprisonnant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		desprisonné
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	desprisonne	desprisonnes	desprisonne	desprisonnons	desprisonnez	desprisonnent
	imperfect	desprisonnois, desprisonnoys	desprisonnois, desprisonnoys	desprisonnoit, desprisonnoyt	desprisonnions, desprisonnyons	desprisonniez, desprisonnyez	desprisonnoient, desprisonnoyent
	past historic	desprisonna	desprisonnas	desprisonna	desprisonnasmes	desprisonnastes	desprisonnerent
	future	desprisonnerai, desprisonneray	desprisonneras	desprisonnera	desprisonnerons	desprisonnerez	desprisonneront
	conditional	desprisonnerois, desprisonneroys	desprisonnerois, desprisonneroys	desprisonneroit, desprisonneroyt	desprisonnerions, desprisonneryons	desprisonneriez, desprisonneryez	desprisonneroient, desprisonneroyent
(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	desprisonne	desprisonnes	desprisonne	desprisonnons	desprisonnez	desprisonnent
	imperfect	desprisonnasse	desprisonnasses	desprisonnast	desprisonnassions	desprisonnassiez	desprisonnassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	desprisonne	—	desprisonnons	desprisonnez	—
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).

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (desprisoner)