croistre

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French croistre, creistre, from Latin crēscere, present active infinitive of crēscō.

Verb

croistre

1. to increase; to augment

Descendants

• French: croître

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Old French

Alternative forms

• creistre
• crestre

Etymology

From Latin crēscere, present active infinitive of crēscō.

Verb

croistre

1. to increase; to augment

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 croistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		croistre			avoir creü
gerund		en croissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		croissant
past participle		creü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	crois	crois	croist	croissons	croissiez	croissent
	imperfect	croissoie, croisseie	croissoies, croisseies	croissoit, croisseit	croissiiens, croissiens	croissiiez, croissiez	croissoient, croisseient
	preterite	crui	creüs	crut	creümes	creüstes	crurent
	future	croistrai	croistras	croistra	croistrons	croistroiz, croistreiz, croistrez	croistront
	conditional	croistroie, croistreie	croistroies, croistreies	croistroit, croistreit	croistriiens, croistriens	croistriiez, croistriez	croistroient, croistreient
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	croisse	croisses	croisse	croissiens, croissons	croissiez	croissent
	imperfect	creüsse	creüsses	creüst	creüssons, creüssiens	creüssoiz, creüssez, creüssiez	creüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	crois	—	croissons	croissiez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: croistre
  • French: croître
• Norman: creître (France), craître (Jersey), creitre (Guernsey)

References

• “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 152