pourforcer

Middle French

Etymology

Old French porforcier.

Verb

pourforcer

1. (reflexive, se pourforcer, with a) to try; to make an effort to endeavor

Conjugation

• As parler except c becomes ç before a and o. May remain c in older manuscripts.
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of pourforcer

infinitive	simple	pourforcer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	pourforçant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		pourforcé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pourforce	pourforces	pourforce	pourforçons	pourforcez	pourforcent
	imperfect	pourforçois, pourforçoys	pourforçois, pourforçoys	pourforçoit, pourforçoyt	pourforcions, pourforçons	pourforciez, pourforcyez	pourforçoient, pourforçoyent
	past historic	pourforça	pourforças	pourforça	pourforçasmes	pourforçastes	pourforcerent
	future	pourforcerai, pourforceray	pourforceras	pourforcera	pourforcerons	pourforcerez	pourforceront
	conditional	pourforcerois, pourforceroys	pourforcerois, pourforceroys	pourforceroit, pourforceroyt	pourforcerions, pourforceryons	pourforceriez, pourforceryez	pourforceroient, pourforceroyent
(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	pourforce	pourforces	pourforce	pourforçons	pourforcez	pourforcent
	imperfect	pourforçasse	pourforçasses	pourforçast	pourforçassions	pourforçassiez	pourforçassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pourforce	—	pourforçons	pourforcez	—
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

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