esvertuer

Middle French

Verb

esvertuer

1. (reflexive, s'esvertuer) to try one's hardest; to give one's best effort

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of esvertuer

infinitive	simple	esvertuer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	esvertuant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		esvertué
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	esvertue	esvertues	esvertue	esvertuons	esvertuez	esvertuent
	imperfect	esvertuois, esvertuoys	esvertuois, esvertuoys	esvertuoit, esvertuoyt	esvertuions, esvertuyons	esvertuiez, esvertuyez	esvertuoient, esvertuoyent
	past historic	esvertua	esvertuas	esvertua	esvertuasmes	esvertuastes	esvertuerent
	future	esvertuerai, esvertueray	esvertueras	esvertuera	esvertuerons	esvertuerez	esvertueront
	conditional	esvertuerois, esvertueroys	esvertuerois, esvertueroys	esvertueroit, esvertueroyt	esvertuerions, esvertueryons	esvertueriez, esvertueryez	esvertueroient, esvertueroyent
(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	esvertue	esvertues	esvertue	esvertuons	esvertuez	esvertuent
	imperfect	esvertuasse	esvertuasses	esvertuast	esvertuassions	esvertuassiez	esvertuassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	esvertue	—	esvertuons	esvertuez	—
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: évertuer

References

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