mucer

Middle French

Etymology

Old French muchier.

Verb

mucer

1. (transitive) to hide

Conjugation

• As parler except c becomes ç before a and o. May remain c in older manuscripts.
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of mucer

infinitive	simple	mucer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	muçant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		mucé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	muce	muces	muce	muçons	mucez	mucent
	imperfect	muçois, muçoys	muçois, muçoys	muçoit, muçoyt	mucions, muçons	muciez, mucyez	muçoient, muçoyent
	past historic	muça	muças	muça	muçasmes	muçastes	mucerent
	future	mucerai, muceray	muceras	mucera	mucerons	mucerez	muceront
	conditional	mucerois, muceroys	mucerois, muceroys	muceroit, muceroyt	mucerions, muceryons	muceriez, muceryez	muceroient, muceroyent
(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	muce	muces	muce	muçons	mucez	mucent
	imperfect	muçasse	muçasses	muçast	muçassions	muçassiez	muçassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	muce	—	muçons	mucez	—
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: musser