edifier

See also: édifier

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English edify

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English edifier

From edify + -er.

Noun

edifier (plural edifiers)

1. A person who edifies.
2. (obsolete) A builder.

Anagrams

• deifier, reified

Middle French

Verb

edifier

1. to build (construct a building)

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of edifier

infinitive	simple	edifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	edifiant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		edifié
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	edifie	edifies	edifie	edifions	edifiez	edifient
	imperfect	edifiois, edifioys	edifiois, edifioys	edifioit, edifioyt	edifiions, edifiyons	edifiiez, edifiyez	edifioient, edifioyent
	past historic	edifia	edifias	edifia	edifiasmes	edifiastes	edifierent
	future	edifierai, edifieray	edifieras	edifiera	edifierons	edifierez	edifieront
	conditional	edifierois, edifieroys	edifierois, edifieroys	edifieroit, edifieroyt	edifierions, edifieryons	edifieriez, edifieryez	edifieroient, edifieroyent
(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	edifie	edifies	edifie	edifions	edifiez	edifient
	imperfect	edifiasse	edifiasses	edifiast	edifiassions	edifiassiez	edifiassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	edifie	—	edifions	edifiez	—
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).