esploitier

Old French

Alternative forms

• espleitier
• esploiter

Etymology

From espleitier, from Vulgar Latin *explicitāre, a frequentative form of Latin explicāre, explicō.

Verb

esploitier

1. to use; to make use of

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		esploitier			avoir esploitié
gerund		en esploitant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		esploitant
past participle		esploitié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	esploit	esploites	esploite	esploitons	esploitiez	esploitent
	imperfect	esploitoie, esploiteie, esploitoe, esploitieve	esploitoies, esploiteies, esploitoes, esploitieves	esploitoit, esploiteit, esploitot, esploitieve	esploitiiens, esploitiens	esploitiiez, esploitiez	esploitoient, esploiteient, esploitoent, esploitievent
	preterite	esploitai	esploitas	esploita	esploitames	esploitastes	esploitierent
	future	esploiterai	esploiteras	esploitera	esploiterons	esploiteroiz, esploitereiz, esploiterez	esploiteront
	conditional	esploiteroie, esploitereie	esploiteroies, esploitereies	esploiteroit, esploitereit	esploiteriiens, esploiteriens	esploiteriiez, esploiteriez	esploiteroient, esploitereient
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	esploit	esploiz	esploit	esploitons	esploitiez	esploitent
	imperfect	esploitasse	esploitasses	esploitast	esploitissons, esploitissiens	esploitissoiz, esploitissez, esploitissiez	esploitassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	esploite	—	esploitons	esploitiez	—

Descendants

• Angevin: épiéter
• English: exploit
• French: exploiter