empieger

See also: empiéger

Middle French

Etymology

Latin impedicō.

Verb

empieger

1. to fetter (put into irons)

• Synonym: empescher

Conjugation

• As parler except an extra e is inserted after the final g before a and o.
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of empieger

infinitive	simple	empieger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	empiegeant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		empiegé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	empiege	empieges	empiege	empiegeons	empiegez	empiegent
	imperfect	empiegeois, empiegeoys	empiegeois, empiegeoys	empiegeoit, empiegeoyt	empiegions, empiegyons	empiegiez, empiegyez	empiegeoient, empiegeoyent
	past historic	empiegea	empiegeas	empiegea	empiegeasmes	empiegeastes	empiegerent
	future	empiegerai, empiegeray	empiegeras	empiegera	empiegerons	empiegerez	empiegeront
	conditional	empiegerois, empiegeroys	empiegerois, empiegeroys	empiegeroit, empiegeroyt	empiegerions, empiegeryons	empiegeriez, empiegeryez	empiegeroient, empiegeroyent
(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	empiege	empieges	empiege	empiegeons	empiegez	empiegent
	imperfect	empiegeasse	empiegeasses	empiegeast	empiegeassions	empiegeassiez	empiegeassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	empiege	—	empiegeons	empiegez	—
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: empiéger

References

• Godefroy lists this as a variant of empeechier rather than as an entry on its own.