deschainer

Middle French

Alternative forms

• deschaisner

Verb

deschainer

1. to unchain (remove chains from)
   • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:

     Lors qu'il feust deschainé, l'on le fist asseoir

     When he was unchained, they made him sit down

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of deschainer

infinitive	simple	deschainer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	deschainant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		deschainé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	deschaine	deschaines	deschaine	deschainons	deschainez	deschainent
	imperfect	deschainois, deschainoys	deschainois, deschainoys	deschainoit, deschainoyt	deschainions, deschainyons	deschainiez, deschainyez	deschainoient, deschainoyent
	past historic	deschaina	deschainas	deschaina	deschainasmes	deschainastes	deschainerent
	future	deschainerai, deschaineray	deschaineras	deschainera	deschainerons	deschainerez	deschaineront
	conditional	deschainerois, deschaineroys	deschainerois, deschaineroys	deschaineroit, deschaineroyt	deschainerions, deschaineryons	deschaineriez, deschaineryez	deschaineroient, deschaineroyent
(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	deschaine	deschaines	deschaine	deschainons	deschainez	deschainent
	imperfect	deschainasse	deschainasses	deschainast	deschainassions	deschainassiez	deschainassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	deschaine	—	deschainons	deschainez	—
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).