devaincre

Old French

Alternative forms

• deveincre, deveintre

Etymology

de- +‎ veincre.

Verb

devaincre

1. to defeat

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, 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 devaincre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		devaincre			avoir devancu, devaincu
gerund		en devanquant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		devanquant
past participle		devancu, devaincu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	devanc, devainc	devainz	devaint	devanquons, devainquons	devanquez, devainquez	devanquent, devainquent
	imperfect	devanquoie, devanqueie	devanquoies, devanqueies	devanquoit, devanqueit	devanquiiens, devanquiens	devanquiiez, devanquiez	devanquoient, devanqueient
	preterite	devanqui	devanquis	devanquié	devanquimes	devanquistes	devanquierent
	future	dedevaincrai	dedevaincras	dedevaincra	dedevaincrons	dedevaincroiz, dedevaincreiz, dedevaincrez	dedevaincront
	conditional	dedevaincroie, dedevaincreie	dedevaincroies, dedevaincreies	dedevaincroit, dedevaincreit	dedevaincriiens, dedevaincriens	dedevaincriiez, dedevaincriez	dedevaincroient, dedevaincreient
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	devanque, devainque	devanques, devainques	devanque, devainque	devanquons	devanquez	devanquent, devainquent
	imperfect	devanquisse	devanquisses	devanquist	devanquissons, devanquissiens	devanquissoiz, devanquissez, devanquissiez	devanquissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	devainc	—	devanquons, devainquons	devanquez, devainquez	—

References

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