acroistre

Old French

Alternative forms

• acreistre (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Latin accrescere, present active infinitive of accresco.

Verb

acroistre

1. to augment; to increase
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Por sa honte acroistre ou vangier[.]

     -To either increase or avenge his shame.

   • circa 1250, Rutebeuf, De l'Estat du Monde:

     Bien pueent lor richece acroistre.

     Well can they increase their richness

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		acroistre			avoir acreü
gerund		en acroissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		acroissant
past participle		acreü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	acrois	acrois	acroist	acroissons	acroissiez	acroissent
	imperfect	acroissoie, acroisseie	acroissoies, acroisseies	acroissoit, acroisseit	acroissiiens, acroissiens	acroissiiez, acroissiez	acroissoient, acroisseient
	preterite	acrui	acreüs	acrut	acreümes	acreüstes	acrurent
	future	acroistrai	acroistras	acroistra	acroistrons	acroistroiz, acroistreiz, acroistrez	acroistront
	conditional	acroistroie, acroistreie	acroistroies, acroistreies	acroistroit, acroistreit	acroistriiens, acroistriens	acroistriiez, acroistriez	acroistroient, acroistreient
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	acroisse	acroisses	acroisse	acroissiens, acroissons	acroissiez	acroissent
	imperfect	acreüsse	acreüsses	acreüst	acreüssons, acreüssiens	acreüssoiz, acreüssez, acreüssiez	acreüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	acrois	—	acroissons	acroissiez	—

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: acreistre
  • → Middle English: acresen, accreesen
    • English: accrease (obsolete)
  • →⇒ Middle English: acrewen, acruwen
    • English: accrue
• Middle French: accroistre
  • French: accroître