encuser

Old French

Etymology

From acuser. The prefixes a-, en- and es- were interchangeable up to a point. Compare among other assercher and encercher.

Verb

encuser

1. to accuse
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 160, line 1913:

     ne vult vers lu rei encuser

     he does not to make an accusation about her to the king

Conjugation

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

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		encuser			avoir encusé
gerund		en encusant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		encusant
past participle		encusé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	encus	encuses	encuse	encusons	encusez	encusent
	imperfect	encusoie, encuseie, encusoe, encuseve	encusoies, encuseies, encusoes, encuseves	encusoit, encuseit, encusot, encuseve	encusiiens, encusiens	encusiiez, encusiez	encusoient, encuseient, encusoent, encusevent
	preterite	encusai	encusas	encusa	encusames	encusastes	encuserent
	future	encuserai	encuseras	encusera	encuserons	encuseroiz, encusereiz, encuserez	encuseront
	conditional	encuseroie, encusereie	encuseroies, encusereies	encuseroit, encusereit	encuseriiens, encuseriens	encuseriiez, encuseriez	encuseroient, encusereient
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	encus	encus	encust	encusons	encusez	encusent
	imperfect	encusasse	encusasses	encusast	encusissons, encusissiens	encusissoiz, encusissez, encusissiez	encusassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	encuse	—	encusons	encusez	—