despuceller

Middle French

Etymology

Old French despuceler.

Verb

despuceller

1. to deflower; to depucelate (take a woman's virginity)

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of despuceller

infinitive	simple	despuceller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	despucellant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		despucellé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	despucelle	despucelles	despucelle	despucellons	despucellez	despucellent
	imperfect	despucellois, despucelloys	despucellois, despucelloys	despucelloit, despucelloyt	despucellions, despucellyons	despucelliez, despucellyez	despucelloient, despucelloyent
	past historic	despucella	despucellas	despucella	despucellasmes	despucellastes	despucellerent
	future	despucellerai, despucelleray	despucelleras	despucellera	despucellerons	despucellerez	despucelleront
	conditional	despucellerois, despucelleroys	despucellerois, despucelleroys	despucelleroit, despucelleroyt	despucellerions, despucelleryons	despucelleriez, despucelleryez	despucelleroient, despucelleroyent
(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	despucelle	despucelles	despucelle	despucellons	despucellez	despucellent
	imperfect	despucellasse	despucellasses	despucellast	despucellassions	despucellassiez	despucellassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	despucelle	—	despucellons	despucellez	—
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).

Descendants

• French: dépuceler