esposer

French

Verb

esposer

1. Obsolete spelling of exposer

Conjugation

Conjugation of esposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	esposer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	esposant /ɛs.po.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		esposé /ɛs.po.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	espose /ɛs.poz/	esposes /ɛs.poz/	espose /ɛs.poz/	esposons /ɛs.po.zɔ̃/	esposez /ɛs.po.ze/	esposent /ɛs.poz/
	imperfect	esposois /ɛs.po.zɛ/	esposois /ɛs.po.zɛ/	esposoit /ɛs.po.zɛ/	esposions /ɛs.po.zjɔ̃/	esposiez /ɛs.po.zje/	esposoient /ɛs.po.zɛ/
	past historic2	esposoi /ɛs.po.ze/	esposas /ɛs.po.za/	esposa /ɛs.po.za/	esposasmes /ɛs.po.zam/	esposastes /ɛs.po.zat/	esposèrent /ɛs.po.zɛʁ/
	future	esposeroi /ɛs.poz.ʁe/	esposeras /ɛs.poz.ʁa/	esposera /ɛs.poz.ʁa/	esposerons /ɛs.poz.ʁɔ̃/	esposerez /ɛs.poz.ʁe/	esposeront /ɛs.poz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	esposerois /ɛs.poz.ʁɛ/	esposerois /ɛs.poz.ʁɛ/	esposeroit /ɛs.poz.ʁɛ/	esposerions /ɛs.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	esposeriez /ɛs.po.zə.ʁje/	esposeroient /ɛs.poz.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	espose /ɛs.poz/	esposes /ɛs.poz/	espose /ɛs.poz/	esposions /ɛs.po.zjɔ̃/	esposiez /ɛs.po.zje/	esposent /ɛs.poz/
	imperfect2	esposasse /ɛs.po.zas/	esposasses /ɛs.po.zas/	esposast /ɛs.po.za/	esposassions /ɛs.po.za.sjɔ̃/	esposassiez /ɛs.po.za.sje/	esposassent /ɛs.po.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	espose /ɛs.poz/	—	esposons /ɛs.po.zɔ̃/	esposez /ɛs.po.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Old French

Verb

esposer

1. Alternative form of espouser
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Li cuens Oringles, et a tort
     Une dame esposer voloit

     Count Oringle, and wrongly
     Wanted to marry a woman

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. This verb has a stressed present stem espeus distinct from the unstressed stem espos. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		esposer			avoir esposé
gerund		en esposant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		esposant
past participle		esposé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	espeus	espeuses	espeuse	esposons	esposez	espeusent
	imperfect	esposoie, esposeie, esposoe, esposeve	esposoies, esposeies, esposoes, esposeves	esposoit, esposeit, esposot, esposeve	esposiiens, esposiens	esposiiez, esposiez	esposoient, esposeient, esposoent, esposevent
	preterite	esposai	esposas	esposa	esposames	esposastes	esposerent
	future	esposerai	esposeras	esposera	esposerons	esposeroiz, esposereiz, esposerez	esposeront
	conditional	esposeroie, esposereie	esposeroies, esposereies	esposeroit, esposereit	esposeriiens, esposeriens	esposeriiez, esposeriez	esposeroient, esposereient
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	espeus	espeus	espeust	esposons	esposez	espeusent
	imperfect	esposasse	esposasses	esposast	esposissons, esposissiens	esposissoiz, esposissez, esposissiez	esposassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	espeuse	—	esposons	esposez	—