paroistre

Middle French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French paroistre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *pārescere, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pārēre, present active infinitive of pāreō.

Verb

paroistre

1. to appear; to seem
   • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:

     ce que dit Cesar, que les choses nous paroissent souvent plus grandes de loing que de pres

     what Cesar says, that things often things appear bigger from far away than from close up

Related terms

• apparoistre

Descendants

• French: paraître

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Old French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *pārescere, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pārēre, present active infinitive of pāreō.

Verb

paroistre

1. to appear; to seem

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		paroistre			avoir pareü, paru
gerund		en paroissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		paroissant
past participle		pareü, paru
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	parois	parois	paroist	paroissons	paroissez	paroissent
	imperfect	paroissoie, paroisseie	paroissoies, paroisseies	paroissoit, paroisseit	paroissiiens, paroissiens	paroissiiez, paroissiez	paroissoient, paroisseient
	preterite	parui	parus	paru	parumes	parustes	parurent
	future	paroistrai	paroistras	paroistra	paroistrons	paroistroiz, paroistreiz, paroistrez	paroistront
	conditional	paroistroie, paroistreie	paroistroies, paroistreies	paroistroit, paroistreit	paroistriiens, paroistriens	paroistriiez, paroistriez	paroistroient, paroistreient
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	paroisse	paroisses	paroisse	paroissons	paroissez	paroissent
	imperfect	pareüsse, parusse	pareüsses, parusses	pareüst, parust	pareüssons, pareüssiens, parussons, parussiens	pareüssoiz, pareüssez, pareüssiez, parussoiz, parussez, parussiez	pareüssent, parussent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	parois	—	paroissons	paroissez	—

Related terms

• aparoistre

Descendants

• French: paraître