requerre

Old French

Alternative forms

• requere

Etymology

From re- +‎ querre, or from Latin requīrere, present active infinitive of requirō.

Verb

requerre

1. to ask
2. to demand, require
3. to search; to look for
4. to attack

Conjugation

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		requerre			avoir requis
gerund		en requerant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		requerant
past participle		requis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	requier	requiers	requiert	requerons	requerez	requierent
	imperfect	requeroie, requereie	requeroies, requereies	requeroit, requereit	requeriiens, requeriens	requeriiez, requeriez	requeroient, requereient
	preterite	requis	requeṣis	requist	requeṣimes	requeṣistes	requisdrent
	future	requerrai	requerras	requerra	requerrons	requerroiz, requerreiz, requerrez	requerront
	conditional	requerroie, requerreie	requerroies, requerreies	requerroit, requerreit	requerriiens, requerriens	requerriiez, requerriez	requerroient, requerreient
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	requiere, requierge	requieres, requierges	requiere, requierge	requerons, requiergiens, requierjons	requerez, requiergiez	requierent, requiergent
	imperfect	requeṣisse	requeṣisses	requeṣist	requeṣissons, requeṣissiens	requeṣissoiz, requeṣissez, requeṣissiez	requeṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	requier	—	requerons	requerez	—

Derived terms

• requerement
• requereor

Descendants

• → English: require
• French: requérir