desclamer

Old French

Alternative forms

Verb

desclamer

  1. to call upon (as a witness, etc.)
    • 1305, Year books of the reign of Edward the First:
      Par quei, Margerye, volez vous ceo desclamer ?
      Who, Marjorie, do you wish to bear witness to this?
  2. to refute; to deny; to disavow
    • 1314, H. de Mondeville, Chirurgie, page 9 first column:
      Les dis de anciens doivent estre desclamiez
      The sayings of the ancients must be disavowed

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. This verb has a stressed present stem desclaim distinct from the unstressed stem desclam. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of desclamer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive desclamer avoir desclamé
gerund en desclamant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle desclamant
past participle desclamé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present desclaim desclaimes desclaime desclamons desclamez desclaiment
imperfect desclamoie, desclameie, desclamoe, desclameve desclamoies, desclameies, desclamoes, desclameves desclamoit, desclameit, desclamot, desclameve desclamiiens, desclamiens desclamiiez, desclamiez desclamoient, desclameient, desclamoent, desclamevent
preterite desclamai desclamas desclama desclamames desclamastes desclamerent
future desclamerai desclameras desclamera desclamerons desclameroiz, desclamereiz, desclamerez desclameront
conditional desclameroie, desclamereie desclameroies, desclamereies desclameroit, desclamereit desclameriiens, desclameriens desclameriiez, desclameriez desclameroient, desclamereient
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 desclaim desclains desclaint desclamons desclamez desclaiment
imperfect desclamasse desclamasses desclamast desclamissons, desclamissiens desclamissoiz, desclamissez, desclamissiez desclamassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— desclaime — desclamons desclamez —

Descendants

  • → English: disclaim
  • French: déclamer

References

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