reiecter

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French regeter, with the i and the c added back to reflect the original Latin rēiciō (“I throw, I reject”).

Verb

reiecter

1. to reject

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of reiecter

infinitive	simple	reiecter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	reiectant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		reiecté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	reiecte	reiectes	reiecte	reiectons	reiectez	reiectent
	imperfect	reiectois, reiectoys	reiectois, reiectoys	reiectoit, reiectoyt	reiections, reiectyons	reiectiez, reiectyez	reiectoient, reiectoyent
	past historic	reiecta	reiectas	reiecta	reiectasmes	reiectastes	reiecterent
	future	reiecterai, reiecteray	reiecteras	reiectera	reiecterons	reiecterez	reiecteront
	conditional	reiecterois, reiecteroys	reiecterois, reiecteroys	reiecteroit, reiecteroyt	reiecterions, reiecteryons	reiecteriez, reiecteryez	reiecteroient, reiecteroyent
(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	reiecte	reiectes	reiecte	reiectons	reiectez	reiectent
	imperfect	reiectasse	reiectasses	reiectast	reiectassions	reiectassiez	reiectassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	reiecte	—	reiectons	reiectez	—
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).

Related terms

• deiecter
• iecter

Descendants

• French: rejeter