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Resembler
Re-sem′bler
(r?-z?m′bl?r)
, Noun.
One who resembles.
Definition 2024
resembler
resembler
Old French
Verb
resembler
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of resembler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | resembler | avoir resemblé | |||||
| gerund | en resemblant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | resemblant | ||||||
| past participle | resemblé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | resemble | resembles | resemble | resemblons | resemblez | resemblent |
| imperfect | resembloie, resembleie, resembloe, resembleve | resembloies, resembleies, resembloes, resembleves | resembloit, resembleit, resemblot, resembleve | resembliiens, resembliens | resembliiez, resembliez | resembloient, resembleient, resembloent, resemblevent | |
| preterite | resemblai | resemblas | resembla | resemblames | resemblastes | resemblerent | |
| future | resemblerai | resembleras | resemblera | resemblerons | resembleroiz, resemblereiz, resemblerez | resembleront | |
| conditional | resembleroie, resemblereie | resembleroies, resemblereies | resembleroit, resemblereit | resembleriiens, resembleriens | resembleriiez, resembleriez | resembleroient, resemblereient | |
| 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 | resemble | resembles | resemble | resemblons | resemblez | resemblent |
| imperfect | resemblasse | resemblasses | resemblast | resemblissons, resemblissiens | resemblissoiz, resemblissez, resemblissiez | resemblassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | resemble | — | resemblons | resemblez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: resemble (borrowed)
- French: ressembler
- Norman: r'semblier