perceivre

Old French

Etymology

From Latin percipĕre (“seize, observe”). Compare percevoir, from variant Vulgar Latin form percipēre.

Verb

perceivre

1. (Anglo-Norman, early) Alternative form of percevoir

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 perceivre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		perceivre			aveir perceü
gerund		en percevant			gerund of aveir + past participle
present participle		percevant
past participle		perceü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	perceif, percei	perceis	perceit	percevons	percevez	perceivent
	imperfect	perceveie	perceveies	perceveit	perceviiens, perceviens	perceviiez, perceviez	perceveient
	preterite	perçui	perceüs	perçut	perceümes	perceüstes	perçurent
	future	percevrai	percevras	percevra	percevrons	percevreiz, percevrez	percevront
	conditional	percevreie	percevreies	percevreit	percevriiens, percevriens	percevriiez, percevriez	percevreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of aveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of aveir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of aveir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of aveir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of aveir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	perceive	perceives	perceive	percevons	percevez	perceivent
	imperfect	perceüsse	perceüsses	perceüst	perceüssons, perceüssiens	perceüsseiz, perceüssez, perceüssiez	perceüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of aveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of aveir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	perceif	—	percevons	percevez	—

Descendants

• → English: perceive