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Enginer
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enginer
enginer
English
Noun
enginer (plural enginers)
- (obsolete) A contriver; an inventor; one who makes engines.
- From the play Hamlet (III.iv.207) by Shakespeare:
- For tis the sport to haue the enginer / Hoist with his owne petar.
- Misspelling of engineer.
References
Old French
Verb
enginer
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of engignier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of enginer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | enginer | avoir enginé | |||||
| gerund | en enginant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | enginant | ||||||
| past participle | enginé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | engin | engines | engine | enginons | enginez | enginent |
| imperfect | enginoie, engineie, enginoe, engineve | enginoies, engineies, enginoes, engineves | enginoit, engineit, enginot, engineve | enginiiens, enginiens | enginiiez, enginiez | enginoient, engineient, enginoent, enginevent | |
| preterite | enginai | enginas | engina | enginames | enginastes | enginerent | |
| future | enginerai | engineras | enginera | enginerons | engineroiz, enginereiz, enginerez | engineront | |
| conditional | engineroie, enginereie | engineroies, enginereies | engineroit, enginereit | engineriiens, engineriens | engineriiez, engineriez | engineroient, enginereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | engin | engins | engint | enginons | enginez | enginent |
| imperfect | enginasse | enginasses | enginast | enginissons, enginissiens | enginissoiz, enginissez, enginissiez | enginassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | engine | — | enginons | enginez | — | ||