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Webster 1913 Edition
Compeller
Com-pel′ler
,Noun.
One who compels or constrains.
Webster 1828 Edition
Compeller
COMPELLER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
compeller
compeller
Old French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin compellō.
Verb
compeller
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ell, *-ells, *-ellt are modified to el, eaus, eaut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of compeller (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | compeller | avoir compellé | |||||
| gerund | en compellant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | compellant | ||||||
| past participle | compellé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | compel | compelles | compelle | compellons | compellez | compellent |
| imperfect | compelloie, compelleie, compelloe, compelleve | compelloies, compelleies, compelloes, compelleves | compelloit, compelleit, compellot, compelleve | compelliiens, compelliens | compelliiez, compelliez | compelloient, compelleient, compelloent, compellevent | |
| preterite | compellai | compellas | compella | compellames | compellastes | compellerent | |
| future | compellerai | compelleras | compellera | compellerons | compelleroiz, compellereiz, compellerez | compelleront | |
| conditional | compelleroie, compellereie | compelleroies, compellereies | compelleroit, compellereit | compelleriiens, compelleriens | compelleriiez, compelleriez | compelleroient, compellereient | |
| 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 | compel | compeaus | compeaut | compellons | compellez | compellent |
| imperfect | compellasse | compellasses | compellast | compellissons, compellissiens | compellissoiz, compellissez, compellissiez | compellassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | compelle | — | compellons | compellez | — | ||
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (compeller)
- compeller on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub