porsuir

Old French

Alternative forms

porsevre, porsivre, porsivir, poursuire, pursure

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *prosequere (attested in Vulgar or early Medieval Latin as prosevere and prosequire), from Latin prosequor, prosequi; influenced by persequor, whence the Old French parsivre, parsuivre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /puɾˈsyi̯ɾ/

Verb

porsuir

to pursue, to seek
to pursue, to continue
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
  Et pour ce que ceste cure est difficile nul ne le doit avoir mal se nous la poursuivons tres diligement plus particulierement
  And because this treatment is difficult, none should be concerned if we pursue it very diligently and particularly
to claim
to possess

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of porsuir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		porsuir			avoir porsuivi, porseü
gerund		en porsevant, porsuivant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		porsevant, porsuivant
past participle		porsuivi, porseü
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	porsui	porsuis	porsuit	porsevons, porsuivons	porsevez, porsuivez	porsuivent, porsuient
	imperfect	porsevoie, porseveie, porsuivoie, porsuiveie	porsevoies, porseveies, porsuivoies, porsuiveies	porsevoit, porseveit, porsuivoit, porsuiveit	porseviiens, porseviens, porsuiviiens, porsuiviens	porseviiez, porseviez, porsuiviiez, porsuiviez	porsevoient, porseveient, porsuivoient, porsuiveient
	preterite	porsuivi, porsui	porsuivis, porseüs	porsuivié, porsut	porsuivimes, porseümes	porsuivistes, porseüstes	porsuivierent, porsurent
	future	porsevrai, porsuivrai, porsuirai	porsevras, porsuivras, porsuiras	porsevra, porsuivra, porsuira	porsevrons, porsuivrons, porsuirons	porsevroiz, porsevreiz, porsevrez, porsuivroiz, porsuivreiz, porsuivrez, porsuiroiz, porsuireiz, porsuirez	porsevront, porsuivront, porsuiront
	conditional	porsevroie, porsevreie, porsuivroie, porsuivreie, porsuiroie, porsuireie	porsevroies, porsevreies, porsuivroies, porsuivreies, porsuiroies, porsuireies	porsevroit, porsevreit, porsuivroit, porsuivreit, porsuiroit, porsuireit	porsevriiens, porsevriens, porsuivriiens, porsuivriens, porsuiriiens, porsuiriens	porsevriiez, porsevriez, porsuivriiez, porsuivriez, porsuiriiez, porsuiriez	porsevroient, porsevreient, porsuivroient, porsuivreient, porsuiroient, porsuireient
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	porsuive, porsuie	porsuives, porsuies	porsuive, porsuie	porsevons, porsuivons	porsevez, porsuivez	porsuivent, porsuient
simple tenses	imperfect	porsuivisse, porseüsse	porsuivisses, porseüsses	porsuivist, porseüst	porsuivissons, porsuivissiens, porseüssons, porseüssiens	porsuivissoiz, porsuivissez, porsuivissiez, porseüssoiz, porseüssez, porseüssiez	porsuivissent, porseüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	porsui	—	porsevons, porsuivons	porsevez, porsuivez	—

Descendants

English: pursue (borrowed via Anglo-Norman)
French: poursuivre
Norman: poursuivre

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