abreger

Old French

Alternative forms

• abriger
• abregier

Etymology

From Latin abbrevio.

Verb

abreger

1. (transitive) To shorten; to make shorter
   1. To abridge; to shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense
      • 1922, Rober de Gretham, Étude sur Le miroir; ou Les évangiles des domnées de Robert de Gretham, suivie d'extraits inédits‎^[1], →OL, page 108:

        Dame, ne vus esmerveilliez / Que les lesçuns ai abrigez

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. In addition, g becomes j before an a or an o to keep the /dʒ/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		abreger			avoir abregé
gerund		en abrejant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		abrejant
past participle		abregé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	abrege	abreges	abrege	abrejons	abregez	abregent
	imperfect	abrejoie, abregeie, abrejoe, abregeve	abrejoies, abregeies, abrejoes, abregeves	abrejoit, abregeit, abrejot, abregeve	abregiiens, abregiens	abregiiez, abregiez	abrejoient, abregeient, abrejoent, abregevent
	preterite	abrejai	abrejas	abreja	abrejames	abrejastes	abregerent
	future	abregerai	abregeras	abregera	abregerons	abregeroiz, abregereiz, abregerez	abregeront
	conditional	abregeroie, abregereie	abregeroies, abregereies	abregeroit, abregereit	abregeriiens, abregeriens	abregeriiez, abregeriez	abregeroient, abregereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	abrege	abreges	abrege	abrejons	abregez	abregent
	imperfect	abrejasse	abrejasses	abrejast	abregissons, abregissiens	abregissoiz, abregissez, abregissiez	abrejassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	abrege	—	abrejons	abregez	—

Descendants

• → Middle English: abreggen, abregen, abriggen, abrigen, obriggen, abregge, abrigge
  • English: abridge