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Webster 1913 Edition
Muser
Mus′er
,Noun.
One who muses.
Webster 1828 Edition
Muser
MU'SER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
muser
muser
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /myze/
Verb
muser
Synonyms
Conjugation
Conjugation of muser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | muser | avoir musé | |||||
| gerund | en musant | en ayant musé | |||||
| present participle | musant /my.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | musé /my.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | muse /myz/ |
muses /myz/ |
muse /myz/ |
musons /my.zɔ̃/ |
musez /my.ze/ |
musent /myz/ |
| imperfect | musais /my.zɛ/ |
musais /my.zɛ/ |
musait /my.zɛ/ |
musions /my.zjɔ̃/ |
musiez /my.zje/ |
musaient /my.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | musai /my.ze/ |
musas /my.za/ |
musa /my.za/ |
musâmes /my.zam/ |
musâtes /my.zat/ |
musèrent /my.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | muserai /myz.ʁe/ |
museras /myz.ʁa/ |
musera /myz.ʁa/ |
muserons /myz.ʁɔ̃/ |
muserez /myz.ʁe/ |
museront /myz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | muserais /myz.ʁɛ/ |
muserais /myz.ʁɛ/ |
muserait /myz.ʁɛ/ |
muserions /my.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
museriez /my.zə.ʁje/ |
museraient /myz.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | muse /myz/ |
muses /myz/ |
muse /myz/ |
musions /my.zjɔ̃/ |
musiez /my.zje/ |
musent /myz/ |
| imperfect1 |
musasse /my.zas/ |
musasses /my.zas/ |
musât /my.za/ |
musassions /my.za.sjɔ̃/ |
musassiez /my.za.sje/ |
musassent /my.zas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | muse /myz/ |
— | musons /my.zɔ̃/ |
musez /my.ze/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Old French
Verb
muser
- to ponder; to think about
- to stare at in amazement
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of muser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | muser | avoir musé | |||||
| gerund | en musant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | musant | ||||||
| past participle | musé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | mus | muses | muse | musons | musez | musent |
| imperfect | musoie, museie, musoe, museve | musoies, museies, musoes, museves | musoit, museit, musot, museve | musiiens, musiens | musiiez, musiez | musoient, museient, musoent, musevent | |
| preterite | musai | musas | musa | musames | musastes | muserent | |
| future | muserai | museras | musera | muserons | museroiz, musereiz, muserez | museront | |
| conditional | museroie, musereie | museroies, musereies | museroit, musereit | museriiens, museriens | museriiez, museriez | museroient, musereient | |
| 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 | mus | mus | must | musons | musez | musent |
| imperfect | musasse | musasses | musast | musissons, musissiens | musissoiz, musissez, musissiez | musassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | muse | — | musons | musez | — | ||
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (muser)
- muser on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub