arouser

English

Etymology

arouse +‎ -er

Noun

arouser (plural arousers)

1. Someone or something that arouses.

Translations

someone or something that arouses

• Portuguese: excitador (pt) m

Old French

Verb

arouser

1. to water (a plant, etc.)
2. (figuratively) to water (add water to something or cover it with water)
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 140 of this essay:

     Et se sincopin venait on le doit arouser de eaue

     And if the faintness comes, you must treat it with water

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		arouser			avoir arousé
gerund		en arousant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		arousant
past participle		arousé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	arous	arouses	arouse	arousons	arousez	arousent
	imperfect	arousoie, arouseie, arousoe, arouseve	arousoies, arouseies, arousoes, arouseves	arousoit, arouseit, arousot, arouseve	arousiiens, arousiens	arousiiez, arousiez	arousoient, arouseient, arousoent, arousevent
	preterite	arousai	arousas	arousa	arousames	arousastes	arouserent
	future	arouserai	arouseras	arousera	arouserons	arouseroiz, arousereiz, arouserez	arouseront
	conditional	arouseroie, arousereie	arouseroies, arousereies	arouseroit, arousereit	arouseriiens, arouseriens	arouseriiez, arouseriez	arouseroient, arousereient
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	arous	arous	aroust	arousons	arousez	arousent
	imperfect	arousasse	arousasses	arousast	arousissons, arousissiens	arousissoiz, arousissez, arousissiez	arousassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	arouse	—	arousons	arousez	—