escarter

Middle French

Etymology

See French écarter.

Verb

escarter

1. to separate; to put distance between two or more things

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of escarter

infinitive	simple	escarter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	escartant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		escarté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	escarte	escartes	escarte	escartons	escartez	escartent
	imperfect	escartois, escartoys	escartois, escartoys	escartoit, escartoyt	escartions, escartyons	escartiez, escartyez	escartoient, escartoyent
	past historic	escarta	escartas	escarta	escartasmes	escartastes	escarterent
	future	escarterai, escarteray	escarteras	escartera	escarterons	escarterez	escarteront
	conditional	escarterois, escarteroys	escarterois, escarteroys	escarteroit, escarteroyt	escarterions, escarteryons	escarteriez, escarteryez	escarteroient, escarteroyent
(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	escarte	escartes	escarte	escartons	escartez	escartent
	imperfect	escartasse	escartasses	escartast	escartassions	escartassiez	escartassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	escarte	—	escartons	escartez	—
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: écarter