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plere
plere
Latin
Verb
plēre
- present active infinitive of pleō
- second-person singular present passive imperative of pleō
- second-person singular present passive indicative of pleō
Adjective
plēre
- vocative masculine singular of plērus
Old French
Verb
plere
- Alternative form of plaire
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Quant plus l'esgarde, plus li plest
- The more he looked at her, the more he pleased her
- Quant plus l'esgarde, plus li plest
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of plere (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | plere | avoir pleü | |||||
| gerund | en plesant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | plesant | ||||||
| past participle | pleü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | plaz, ples | ples | plest | plesons | plesiez | plesent |
| imperfect | plesoie, pleseie | plesoies, pleseies | plesoit, pleseit | plesiiens, plesiens | plesiiez, plesiez | plesoient, pleseient | |
| preterite | ploi | pleüs | plot | pleümes | pleüstes | plorent | |
| future | plerai | pleras | plera | plerons | pleroiz, plereiz, plerez | pleront | |
| conditional | pleroie, plereie | pleroies, plereies | pleroit, plereit | pleriiens, pleriens | pleriiez, pleriez | pleroient, plereient | |
| 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 | place, plese | places, pleses | place, plese | placiens, plaçons, plesiens, plesons | placiez, plesiez | placent, plesent |
| imperfect | pleüsse | pleüsses | pleüst | pleüssons, pleüssiens | pleüssoiz, pleüssez, pleüssiez | pleüssent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | ples | — | plesons | plesiez | — | ||