eviter

See also: éviter

Latin

Verb

ēvīter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ēvītō

Middle French

Alternative forms

• esviter

Verb

eviter

1. to avoid

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of eviter

infinitive	simple	eviter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	evitant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		evité
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	evite	evites	evite	evitons	evitez	evitent
	imperfect	evitois, evitoys	evitois, evitoys	evitoit, evitoyt	evitions, evityons	evitiez, evityez	evitoient, evitoyent
	past historic	evita	evitas	evita	evitasmes	evitastes	eviterent
	future	eviterai, eviteray	eviteras	evitera	eviterons	eviterez	eviteront
	conditional	eviterois, eviteroys	eviterois, eviteroys	eviteroit, eviteroyt	eviterions, eviteryons	eviteriez, eviteryez	eviteroient, eviteroyent
(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	evite	evites	evite	evitons	evitez	evitent
	imperfect	evitasse	evitasses	evitast	evitassions	evitassiez	evitassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	evite	—	evitons	evitez	—
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).