resver

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛ.ve/, /ʁe.ve/

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Verb

resver

1. Archaic spelling of rêver.

Conjugation

Conjugation of resver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	resver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	resvant /ʁɛ.vɑ̃/ or /ʁe.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		resvé /ʁɛ.ve/ or /ʁe.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	resve /ʁɛv/	resves /ʁɛv/	resve /ʁɛv/	resvons /ʁɛ.vɔ̃/ or /ʁe.vɔ̃/	resvez /ʁɛ.ve/ or /ʁe.ve/	resvent /ʁɛv/
	imperfect	resvois /ʁɛ.vɛ/ or /ʁe.vɛ/	resvois /ʁɛ.vɛ/ or /ʁe.vɛ/	resvoit /ʁɛ.vɛ/ or /ʁe.vɛ/	resvions /ʁɛ.vjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.vjɔ̃/	resviez /ʁɛ.vje/ or /ʁe.vje/	resvoient /ʁɛ.vɛ/ or /ʁe.vɛ/
	past historic2	resvoi /ʁɛ.ve/ or /ʁe.ve/	resvas /ʁɛ.va/ or /ʁe.va/	resva /ʁɛ.va/ or /ʁe.va/	resvasmes /ʁɛ.vam/ or /ʁe.vam/	resvastes /ʁɛ.vat/ or /ʁe.vat/	resvèrent /ʁɛ.vɛʁ/ or /ʁe.vɛʁ/
	future	resveroi /ʁɛ.vʁe/ or /ʁe.vʁe/	resveras /ʁɛ.vʁa/ or /ʁe.vʁa/	resvera /ʁɛ.vʁa/ or /ʁe.vʁa/	resverons /ʁɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.vʁɔ̃/	resverez /ʁɛ.vʁe/ or /ʁe.vʁe/	resveront /ʁɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	resverois /ʁɛ.vʁɛ/ or /ʁe.vʁɛ/	resverois /ʁɛ.vʁɛ/ or /ʁe.vʁɛ/	resveroit /ʁɛ.vʁɛ/ or /ʁe.vʁɛ/	resverions /ʁɛ.və.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.və.ʁjɔ̃/	resveriez /ʁɛ.və.ʁje/ or /ʁe.və.ʁje/	resveroient /ʁɛ.vʁɛ/ or /ʁe.vʁɛ/
(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	resve /ʁɛv/	resves /ʁɛv/	resve /ʁɛv/	resvions /ʁɛ.vjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.vjɔ̃/	resviez /ʁɛ.vje/ or /ʁe.vje/	resvent /ʁɛv/
	imperfect2	resvasse /ʁɛ.vas/ or /ʁe.vas/	resvasses /ʁɛ.vas/ or /ʁe.vas/	resvast /ʁɛ.va/ or /ʁe.va/	resvassions /ʁɛ.va.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.va.sjɔ̃/	resvassiez /ʁɛ.va.sje/ or /ʁe.va.sje/	resvassent /ʁɛ.vas/ or /ʁe.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	resve /ʁɛv/	—	resvons /ʁɛ.vɔ̃/ or /ʁe.vɔ̃/	resvez /ʁɛ.ve/ or /ʁe.ve/	—
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).

Further reading

• “resver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• revers, verres, verser

Middle French

Alternative forms

• rêver

Verb

resver

1. to dream

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of resver

infinitive	simple	resver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	resvant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		resvé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	resve	resves	resve	resvons	resvez	resvent
	imperfect	resvois, resvoys	resvois, resvoys	resvoit, resvoyt	resvions, resvyons	resviez, resvyez	resvoient, resvoyent
	past historic	resva	resvas	resva	resvasmes	resvastes	resverent
	future	resverai, resveray	resveras	resvera	resverons	resverez	resveront
	conditional	resverois, resveroys	resverois, resveroys	resveroit, resveroyt	resverions, resveryons	resveriez, resveryez	resveroient, resveroyent
(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	resve	resves	resve	resvons	resvez	resvent
	imperfect	resvasse	resvasses	resvast	resvassions	resvassiez	resvassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	resve	—	resvons	resvez	—
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: rêver

Old French

Alternative forms

• rever, raver

Etymology

Origin obscure. No known cognates in other Romance languages. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *reexvagus, or related to Old French desver (“to wander”). Alternatively, possibly from Frankish *rāswijan (“to consider, suppose, conjecture”).

Verb

resver

1. to hallucinate; to be delirious
2. to wander about

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		resver			avoir resvé
gerund		en resvant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		resvant
past participle		resvé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	resve	resves	resve	resvons	resvez	resvent
	imperfect	resvoie, resveie, resvoe, resveve	resvoies, resveies, resvoes, resveves	resvoit, resveit, resvot, resveve	resviiens, resviens	resviiez, resviez	resvoient, resveient, resvoent, resvevent
	preterite	resvai	resvas	resva	resvames	resvastes	resverent
	future	resverai	resveras	resvera	resverons	resveroiz, resvereiz, resverez	resveront
	conditional	resveroie, resvereie	resveroies, resvereies	resveroit, resvereit	resveriiens, resveriens	resveriiez, resveriez	resveroient, resvereient
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	resve	resves	resve	resvons	resvez	resvent
	imperfect	resvasse	resvasses	resvast	resvissons, resvissiens	resvissoiz, resvissez, resvissiez	resvassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	resve	—	resvons	resvez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: resver, rêver
  • French: rêver
• → Middle English: rauen, raven
  • English: rave

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (resver)
• resver on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub