amorcer

[edit] French

amorcer

to prime , set in motion
to begin, to get to work on (to commence a project)
1. to break ground (start construction work)
(fishing) to bait (lace with bait)
(fishing) to bait, chum (try to attract fish with bait)
to bait in, to string in
to bait (e.g. an enemy, to react)

This verb is part of an group of -er verbs, for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

Conjugation of amorcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		amorcer			avoir amorcé
gerund		en amorçant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		amorçant
past participle		amorcé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	amorce	amorces	amorce	amorçons	amorcez	amorcent
	imperfect	amorçais	amorçais	amorçait	amorcions	amorciez	amorçaient
	past historic	amorçai	amorças	amorça	amorçâmes	amorçâtes	amorcèrent
	future	amorcerai	amorceras	amorcera	amorcerons	amorcerez	amorceront
	conditional	amorcerais	amorcerais	amorcerait	amorcerions	amorceriez	amorceraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	amorce	amorces	amorce	amorcions	amorciez	amorcent
simple tenses	imperfect	amorçasse	amorçasses	amorçât	amorçassions	amorçassiez	amorçassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	amorce	—	amorçons	amorcez	—