accoustumer

Middle French

Alternative forms

• acoustumer

Verb

accoustumer

1. to accustom
   • 1534, François Rabelais, Gargantua:

     car il l'avoit accoustumé (selon la doctrine de Ælian) à ne craindre les ames ny corps mors

     For he had accustomed it (according to Aelian doctrine) to not fear dead souls or dead bodies

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of accoustumer

infinitive	simple	accoustumer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	accoustumant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		accoustumé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	accoustume	accoustumes	accoustume	accoustumons	accoustumez	accoustument
	imperfect	accoustumois, accoustumoys	accoustumois, accoustumoys	accoustumoit, accoustumoyt	accoustumions, accoustumyons	accoustumiez, accoustumyez	accoustumoient, accoustumoyent
	past historic	accoustuma	accoustumas	accoustuma	accoustumasmes	accoustumastes	accoustumerent
	future	accoustumerai, accoustumeray	accoustumeras	accoustumera	accoustumerons	accoustumerez	accoustumeront
	conditional	accoustumerois, accoustumeroys	accoustumerois, accoustumeroys	accoustumeroit, accoustumeroyt	accoustumerions, accoustumeryons	accoustumeriez, accoustumeryez	accoustumeroient, accoustumeroyent
(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	accoustume	accoustumes	accoustume	accoustumons	accoustumez	accoustument
	imperfect	accoustumasse	accoustumasses	accoustumast	accoustumassions	accoustumassiez	accoustumassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	accoustume	—	accoustumons	accoustumez	—
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).