ajoster

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *adiuxtāre.

Verb

ajoster

1. to add
   • c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:

     Cerno et El sont ajosté

     [the words] Cerno and El are added together

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		ajoster			avoir ajosté
gerund		en ajostant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		ajostant
past participle		ajosté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	ajost	ajostes	ajoste	ajostons	ajostez	ajostent
	imperfect	ajostoie, ajosteie, ajostoe, ajosteve	ajostoies, ajosteies, ajostoes, ajosteves	ajostoit, ajosteit, ajostot, ajosteve	ajostiiens, ajostiens	ajostiiez, ajostiez	ajostoient, ajosteient, ajostoent, ajostevent
	preterite	ajostai	ajostas	ajosta	ajostames	ajostastes	ajosterent
	future	ajosterai	ajosteras	ajostera	ajosterons	ajosteroiz, ajostereiz, ajosterez	ajosteront
	conditional	ajosteroie, ajostereie	ajosteroies, ajostereies	ajosteroit, ajostereit	ajosteriiens, ajosteriens	ajosteriiez, ajosteriez	ajosteroient, ajostereient
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	ajost	ajoz	ajost	ajostons	ajostez	ajostent
	imperfect	ajostasse	ajostasses	ajostast	ajostissons, ajostissiens	ajostissoiz, ajostissez, ajostissiez	ajostassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	ajoste	—	ajostons	ajostez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: adjouter
  • French: ajouter
  • → English: adjute