eschever

Middle French

Etymology

Old French eschiver.

Verb

eschever

1. to avoid

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of eschever

infinitive	simple	eschever
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	eschevant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		eschevé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	escheve	escheves	escheve	eschevons	eschevez	eschevent
	imperfect	eschevois, eschevoys	eschevois, eschevoys	eschevoit, eschevoyt	eschevions, eschevyons	escheviez, eschevyez	eschevoient, eschevoyent
	past historic	escheva	eschevas	escheva	eschevasmes	eschevastes	escheverent
	future	escheverai, escheveray	escheveras	eschevera	escheverons	escheverez	escheveront
	conditional	escheverois, escheveroys	escheverois, escheveroys	escheveroit, escheveroyt	escheverions, escheveryons	escheveriez, escheveryez	escheveroient, escheveroyent
(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	escheve	escheves	escheve	eschevons	eschevez	eschevent
	imperfect	eschevasse	eschevasses	eschevast	eschevassions	eschevassiez	eschevassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	escheve	—	eschevons	eschevez	—
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: esquiver