contrepeser

Old French

Alternative forms

• contrepeiser
• contrepoiser

Verb

contrepeser

1. to counterbalance

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		contrepeser			avoir contrepesé, contrepesez
gerund		en contrepesant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		contrepesant
past participle		contrepesé, contrepesez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	contrepese	contrepeses	contrepese	contrepesons	contrepesez, contrepesés	contrepesent
	imperfect	contrepesoe, contrepeseie, contrepesoie	contrepesoes, contrepeseies, contrepesoies	contrepesot, contrepeseit, contrepesoit	contrepesions, contrepesiions	contrepesiez, contrepesiiez	contrepesoent, contrepesient, contrepesoient
	past historic	contrepesa	contrepesas	contrepesa	contrepesames	contrepesastes	contrepeserent
	future	contrepeserai	contrepeseras	contrepesera	contrepeserons	contrepeserez, contrepesereiz	contrepeseront
	conditional	contrepeseroe, contrepesereie, contrepeseroie	contrepeseroes, contrepesereied, contrepeseroied	contrepeserot, contrepesereie, contrepeseroie	contrepeserions, contrepeseriions	contrepeseriez, contrepeseriiez	contrepeseroent, contrepesereient, contrepeseroient
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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	contrepese	contrepeses	contrepese	contrepesons	contrepesez	contrepesent
	imperfect	contrepesasse	contrepesasses	contrepesast	contrepesissons	contrepesissez, contrepesissiez	contrepesassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	contrepese	—	contrepesons	contrepesez	—

Descendants

• English: counterpoise (borrowed)