apuyer

Middle French

Alternative forms

• apoier
• appoyer
• appuyer

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin *appodiāre, present active infinitive of *appodiō, from Latin podium.

Verb

apuyer

1. to push on; to press upon

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of apuyer

infinitive	simple	apuyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	apuyant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		apuyé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	apuye	apuyes	apuye	apuyons	apuyez	apuyent
	imperfect	apuyois, apuyoys	apuyois, apuyoys	apuyoit, apuyoyt	apuyions, apuyyons	apuyiez, apuyyez	apuyoient, apuyoyent
	past historic	apuya	apuyas	apuya	apuyasmes	apuyastes	apuyerent
	future	apuyerai, apuyeray	apuyeras	apuyera	apuyerons	apuyerez	apuyeront
	conditional	apuyerois, apuyeroys	apuyerois, apuyeroys	apuyeroit, apuyeroyt	apuyerions, apuyeryons	apuyeriez, apuyeryez	apuyeroient, apuyeroyent
(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	apuye	apuyes	apuye	apuyons	apuyez	apuyent
	imperfect	apuyasse	apuyasses	apuyast	apuyassions	apuyassiez	apuyassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	apuye	—	apuyons	apuyez	—
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: appuyer

References

• appuyer on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)