atempter

Middle French

Etymology

Old French atanter, from Latin

Verb

atempter

  1. To attempt; try
    • a. 1610, Henri IV, Lettres Missives:
      aprés ceste priere il vouldroit passer oultre et atempter aulcune chose au prejudice de nostre dicte cousine et cousin de Longueville, leur tendre la main de vostre bonne et favorable protection pour empescher toutes mauvaises entreprinses queluy et tout aultre vouldroient faire sur ce qui leur appartient
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Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of atempter
infinitive simple atempter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple atemptant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle atempté
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present atempte atemptes atempte atemptons atemptez atemptent
imperfect atemptois, atemptoys atemptois, atemptoys atemptoit, atemptoyt atemptions, atemptyons atemptiez, atemptyez atemptoient, atemptoyent
past historic atempta atemptas atempta atemptasmes atemptastes atempterent
future atempterai, atempteray atempteras atemptera atempterons atempterez atempteront
conditional atempterois, atempteroys atempterois, atempteroys atempteroit, atempteroyt atempterions, atempteryons atempteriez, atempteryez atempteroient, atempteroyent
(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 atempte atemptes atempte atemptons atemptez atemptent
imperfect atemptasse atemptasses atemptast atemptassions atemptassiez atemptassent
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — atempte — atemptons atemptez —
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).

Descendants
  • French: attenter
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