esmouvoir

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French esmovoir.

Verb

esmouvoir

1. to move (cause emotion)
   • circa 1590, Henri IV, Lettres Missives

     Mais ceux qui parleront d'essayer à esmouvoir le Pape à penser et pourveoir à l'accroissement de la puissance espagnole en Italie cognoissent tres mal son humeur.

     But those who are talking of trying to move to Pope into thinking and into foreseeing the increase of the Spanish power in Italy do not know his disposition at all.

Descendants

• French: émouvoir

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Old French

Verb

esmouvoir

1. Alternative form of esmovoir

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of esmouvoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		esmouvoir			avoir esmeü, es meu
gerund		en esmouvant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		esmouvant
past participle		esmeü, es meu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	esmuef	esmues	esmuet	esmouvons	esmouvez	esmuevent
	imperfect	esmouvoie, esmouveie	esmouvoies, esmouveies	esmouvoit, esmouveit	esmouviiens, esmouviens	esmouviiez, esmouviez	esmouvoient, esmouveient
	preterite	esmui	esmeüs	esmut	esmeümes	esmeüstes	esmurent
	future	esmouvrai	esmouvras	esmouvra	esmouvrons	esmouvroiz, esmouvreiz, esmouvrez	esmouvront
	conditional	esmouvroie, esmouvreie	esmouvroies, esmouvreies	esmouvroit, esmouvreit	esmouvriiens, esmouvriens	esmouvriiez, esmouvriez	esmouvroient, esmouvreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	esmueve	esmueves	esmueve	esmouvons	esmouvez	esmuevent
	imperfect	esmeüsse	esmeüsses	esmeüst	esmeüssons, esmeüssiens	esmeüssoiz, esmeüssez, esmeüssiez	esmeüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	esmuef	—	esmouvons	esmouvez	—