respitier

Old French

Etymology

From or related to respit.

Verb

respitier

1. (transitive) to spare (to decide not to harm, to damage, etc.)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of respitier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		respitier			avoir respitié
gerund		en respitant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		respitant
past participle		respitié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	respit	respites	respite	respitons	respitiez	respitent
	imperfect	respitoie, respiteie, respitoe, respitieve	respitoies, respiteies, respitoes, respitieves	respitoit, respiteit, respitot, respitieve	respitiiens, respitiens	respitiiez, respitiez	respitoient, respiteient, respitoent, respitievent
	preterite	respitai	respitas	respita	respitames	respitastes	respitierent
	future	respiterai	respiteras	respitera	respiterons	respiteroiz, respitereiz, respiterez	respiteront
	conditional	respiteroie, respitereie	respiteroies, respitereies	respiteroit, respitereit	respiteriiens, respiteriens	respiteriiez, respiteriez	respiteroient, respitereient
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	respit	respiz	respit	respitons	respitiez	respitent
	imperfect	respitasse	respitasses	respitast	respitissons, respitissiens	respitissoiz, respitissez, respitissiez	respitassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	respite	—	respitons	respitiez	—

Synonyms

• (to spare): esparnier