engroisser

Middle French

Verb

engroisser

1. (intransitive) to become pregnant

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of engroisser

infinitive	simple	engroisser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	engroissant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		engroissé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	engroisse	engroisses	engroisse	engroissons	engroissez	engroissent
	imperfect	engroissois, engroissoys	engroissois, engroissoys	engroissoit, engroissoyt	engroissions, engroissyons	engroissiez, engroissyez	engroissoient, engroissoyent
	past historic	engroissa	engroissas	engroissa	engroissasmes	engroissastes	engroisserent
	future	engroisserai, engroisseray	engroisseras	engroissera	engroisserons	engroisserez	engroisseront
	conditional	engroisserois, engroisseroys	engroisserois, engroisseroys	engroisseroit, engroisseroyt	engroisserions, engroisseryons	engroisseriez, engroisseryez	engroisseroient, engroisseroyent
(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	engroisse	engroisses	engroisse	engroissons	engroissez	engroissent
	imperfect	engroissasse	engroissasses	engroissast	engroissassions	engroissassiez	engroissassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	engroisse	—	engroissons	engroissez	—
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: engrosser