despossesser

Middle French

Etymology

des- +‎ possesser.

Verb

despossesser

1. to dispossess (to take something from someone)

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of despossesser

infinitive	simple	despossesser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	despossessant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		despossessé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	despossesse	despossesses	despossesse	despossessons	despossessez	despossessent
	imperfect	despossessois, despossessoys	despossessois, despossessoys	despossessoit, despossessoyt	despossessions, despossessyons	despossessiez, despossessyez	despossessoient, despossessoyent
	past historic	despossessa	despossessas	despossessa	despossessasmes	despossessastes	despossesserent
	future	despossesserai, despossesseray	despossesseras	despossessera	despossesserons	despossesserez	despossesseront
	conditional	despossesserois, despossesseroys	despossesserois, despossesseroys	despossesseroit, despossesseroyt	despossesserions, despossesseryons	despossesseriez, despossesseryez	despossesseroient, despossesseroyent
(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	despossesse	despossesses	despossesse	despossessons	despossessez	despossessent
	imperfect	despossessasse	despossessasses	despossessast	despossessassions	despossessassiez	despossessassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	despossesse	—	despossessons	despossessez	—
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).

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (despossesser)