acroistre

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin accrescere.

Pronunciation
  • (archaic) IPA(key): /aˈkɾei̯stɾə/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /aˈkɾoi̯stɾə/
  • (late) IPA(key): /aˈkɾo̯ɛːtɾə/?

Verb

acroistre

  1. to augment; to increase
    • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
      Por sa honte acroistre ou vangier[.]
      -To either increase or avenge his shame.
    • c. 1250, Rutebeuf, De l'Estat du Monde:
      Bien pueent lor richece acroistre.
      Well can they increase their richness
    • 1256 September 15, letter from Jean d'Ibelin:
      Et as vilayns aussi de ma devant dite terre, vos ne devez ne nen poes accreistre sur eaus aucune novele droiture, ne prendre nule autre: que cele qui a este et est accostumee dou prendre sa en arrieres par les us et les costumes de la terre.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1260–1267, Brunetto Latini, “Cist premiers livres parole de la naissance de toutes choses [This first book talks about the birth of all things]” (chapter 1), Livre I - Premiere partie, in Livres dou Tresor [Book of Treasures]; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler, Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini‎, Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1863, page 1:
      si come li sires qui vuet en petit leu amasser choses de grandisme vaillance […] por acroistre son pooir […] i met il les plus chieres choses et les plus precieux joiaus que il puet, selonc sa bone entencion, tout autressi est li cors de cest livre compilez de sapience
      Just like the lord, who wishes to accumulate very valuable things in a tiny place […] in order to increase his power, […] puts there—according to his good intention—the dearest things and the most precious jewels he can, so the body of this book is filled with knowledge

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 acroistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive acroistre avoir acreü
gerund en acroissant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle acroissant
past participle acreü
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present acrois acrois acroist acroissons acroissiez acroissent
imperfect acroissoie, acroisseie acroissoies, acroisseies acroissoit, acroisseit acroissiiens, acroissiens acroissiiez, acroissiez acroissoient, acroisseient
preterite acrui acreüs acrut acreümes acreüstes acrurent
future acroistrai acroistras acroistra acroistrons acroistroiz, acroistreiz, acroistrez acroistront
conditional acroistroie, acroistreie acroistroies, acroistreies acroistroit, acroistreit acroistriiens, acroistriens acroistriiez, acroistriez acroistroient, acroistreient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present acroisse acroisses acroisse acroissiens, acroissons acroissiez acroissent
imperfect acreüsse acreüsses acreüst acreüssons, acreüssiens acreüssoiz, acreüssez, acreüssiez acreüssent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— acrois — acroissons acroissiez —

Descendants

References
  • M. Sainte-Palaye et al. (1875) Dictionnaire historique de l'ancien langage françois, ou Glossaire de la langue franxoise depuis son origine jusqu'au siecle de Louis XIV‎ (in French), volume 1, page 52
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