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Webster 1913 Edition
Imager
Im′a-ger
,Noun.
One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor.
[Obs.]
Praxiteles was ennobled for a rare
imager
. Holland.
Definition 2024
imager
imager
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ma.ʒe/
Verb
imager
- to embellish with images
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written image- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of imager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | imager | avoir imagé | |||||
| gerund | en imageant | en ayant imagé | |||||
| present participle | imageant /i.ma.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | imagé /i.ma.ʒe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | image /i.maʒ/ |
images /i.maʒ/ |
image /i.maʒ/ |
imageons /i.ma.ʒɔ̃/ |
imagez /i.ma.ʒe/ |
imagent /i.maʒ/ |
| imperfect | imageais /i.ma.ʒɛ/ |
imageais /i.ma.ʒɛ/ |
imageait /i.ma.ʒɛ/ |
imagions /i.ma.ʒjɔ̃/ |
imagiez /i.ma.ʒje/ |
imageaient /i.ma.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | imageai /i.ma.ʒe/ |
imageas /i.ma.ʒa/ |
imagea /i.ma.ʒa/ |
imageâmes /i.ma.ʒam/ |
imageâtes /i.ma.ʒat/ |
imagèrent /i.ma.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | imagerai /i.maʒ.ʁe/ |
imageras /i.maʒ.ʁa/ |
imagera /i.maʒ.ʁa/ |
imagerons /i.maʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
imagerez /i.maʒ.ʁe/ |
imageront /i.maʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | imagerais /i.maʒ.ʁɛ/ |
imagerais /i.maʒ.ʁɛ/ |
imagerait /i.maʒ.ʁɛ/ |
imagerions /i.ma.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
imageriez /i.ma.ʒə.ʁje/ |
imageraient /i.maʒ.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 | image /i.maʒ/ |
images /i.maʒ/ |
image /i.maʒ/ |
imagions /i.ma.ʒjɔ̃/ |
imagiez /i.ma.ʒje/ |
imagent /i.maʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
imageasse /i.ma.ʒas/ |
imageasses /i.ma.ʒas/ |
imageât /i.ma.ʒa/ |
imageassions /i.ma.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
imageassiez /i.ma.ʒa.sje/ |
imageassent /i.ma.ʒas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | image /i.maʒ/ |
— | imageons /i.ma.ʒɔ̃/ |
imagez /i.ma.ʒe/ |
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