auser

See also: Auser

Middle French

Alternative forms

• oser
• ozer

Etymology

From Old French oser, with the au added back to reflect the original Latin audeo.

Verb

auser

1. to dare

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of auser

infinitive	simple	auser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	ausant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		ausé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ause	auses	ause	ausons	ausez	ausent
	imperfect	ausois, ausoys	ausois, ausoys	ausoit, ausoyt	ausions, ausyons	ausiez, ausyez	ausoient, ausoyent
	past historic	ausa	ausas	ausa	ausasmes	ausastes	auserent
	future	auserai, auseray	auseras	ausera	auserons	auserez	auseront
	conditional	auserois, auseroys	auserois, auseroys	auseroit, auseroyt	auserions, auseryons	auseriez, auseryez	auseroient, auseroyent
(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	ause	auses	ause	ausons	ausez	ausent
	imperfect	ausasse	ausasses	ausast	ausassions	ausassiez	ausassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ause	—	ausons	ausez	—
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: oser