despouiller

Middle French
FWOTD – 24 August 2020

Etymology

From Old French despoillier, from Latin despoliare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌdeːpuˈʎɛ(r)/

Verb

despouiller

  1. to skin (an animal)
  2. (figuratively) to strip away, to remove
    • elle se mesla parmi ses compaignes : lesquelles ayant außi despouillé la prarie de sa dignite (L'Arcadie-Trad-Massin, published 1544, Paris)
      She went amongst her friends, who had also stripped the prairie of its dignity.
  3. to undress (someone)
    • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 39:
      Lois le fist despoullier tout nu
      Louis made him strip completely naked
  4. (reflexive, se despouiller) to undress oneself; to get undressed

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of despouiller
infinitive simple despouiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple despouillant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle despouillé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present despouille despouilles despouille despouillons despouillez despouillent
imperfect despouillois, despouilloys despouillois, despouilloys despouilloit, despouilloyt despouillions, despouillyons despouilliez, despouillyez despouilloient, despouilloyent
past historic despouilla despouillas despouilla despouillasmes despouillastes despouillerent
future despouillerai, despouilleray despouilleras despouillera despouillerons despouillerez despouilleront
conditional despouillerois, despouilleroys despouillerois, despouilleroys despouilleroit, despouilleroyt despouillerions, despouilleryons despouilleriez, despouilleryez despouilleroient, despouilleroyent
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present despouille despouilles despouille despouillons despouillez despouillent
imperfect despouillasse despouillasses despouillast despouillassions despouillassiez despouillassent
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — despouille — despouillons despouillez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants
  • French: dépouiller
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