preveoir

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praevideo, praevidere.

Verb

preveoir

1. to anticipate; to foresee
2. to see first

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem prevoi distinct from the unstressed stem preve, 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 preveoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		preveoir			avoir preveü, previs
gerund		en preveant, prevoiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		preveant, prevoiant
past participle		preveü, previs
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	prevoi	prevoiz	prevoit	preveons	preveez	prevoient
	imperfect	preveoie, preveeie	preveoies, preveeies	preveoit, preveeit	preveïiens, preveïens	preveïiez, preveïez	preveoient, preveeient
	preterite	previ	preveïs	previt	preveïmes	preveïstes	previrent
	future	preverai	preveras	prevera	preverons	preveroiz, prevereiz, preverez	preveront
	conditional	preveroie, prevereie	preveroies, prevereies	preveroit, prevereit	preveriiens, preveriens	preveriiez, preveriez	preveroient, prevereient
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	prevoie	prevoies	prevoie	preveons, prevoiiens, prevoions	preveez, prevoiiez	prevoient
	imperfect	preveïsse	preveïsses	preveïst	preveïssons, preveïssiens	preveïssoiz, preveïssez, preveïssiez	preveïssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	prevoi	—	preveons	preveez, prevez	—

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