atempter

Middle French

Etymology

Old French atanter, from Latin

Verb

atempter

1. To attempt; try
   • a. 1610, Henri IV, Lettres Missives:

     aprés ceste priere il vouldroit passer oultre et atempter aulcune chose au prejudice de nostre dicte cousine et cousin de Longueville, leur tendre la main de vostre bonne et favorable protection pour empescher toutes mauvaises entreprinses queluy et tout aultre vouldroient faire sur ce qui leur appartient

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Conjugation

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

Conjugation of atempter

infinitive	simple	atempter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	atemptant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		atempté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	atempte	atemptes	atempte	atemptons	atemptez	atemptent
	imperfect	atemptois, atemptoys	atemptois, atemptoys	atemptoit, atemptoyt	atemptions, atemptyons	atemptiez, atemptyez	atemptoient, atemptoyent
	past historic	atempta	atemptas	atempta	atemptasmes	atemptastes	atempterent
	future	atempterai, atempteray	atempteras	atemptera	atempterons	atempterez	atempteront
	conditional	atempterois, atempteroys	atempterois, atempteroys	atempteroit, atempteroyt	atempterions, atempteryons	atempteriez, atempteryez	atempteroient, atempteroyent
(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	atempte	atemptes	atempte	atemptons	atemptez	atemptent
	imperfect	atemptasse	atemptasses	atemptast	atemptassions	atemptassiez	atemptassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	atempte	—	atemptons	atemptez	—
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: attenter