poiser

English

Etymology

poise +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɪzə(ɹ)/

Noun

poiser (plural poisers)

1. One who poises or balances something.
   • c. 1599 (date written), I. M. [i.e., John Marston], The History of Antonio and Mellida. The First Part. […], London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Mathewe Lownes, and Thomas Fisher, […], published 1602, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     To the only rewarder and most just poiser of virtuous merits, the most honourably renowned Nobody, bounteous Maecenas of Poetry and Lord Protector of oppressed innocence, […]

2. The balancer of dipterous insects.

Anagrams

• opries, posier

Middle French

Alternative forms

• peser

Etymology

From Old French poiser, variant of peser based on the tonic stem, from Latin pēnsāre.

Verb

poiser

1. to weigh
2. (figuratively) to weigh on; to be a burden or a problem

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of poiser

infinitive	simple	poiser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	poisant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		poisé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	poise	poises	poise	poisons	poisez	poisent
	imperfect	poisois, poisoys	poisois, poisoys	poisoit, poisoyt	poisions, poisyons	poisiez, poisyez	poisoient, poisoyent
	past historic	poisa	poisas	poisa	poisasmes	poisastes	poiserent
	future	poiserai, poiseray	poiseras	poisera	poiserons	poiserez	poiseront
	conditional	poiserois, poiseroys	poiserois, poiseroys	poiseroit, poiseroyt	poiserions, poiseryons	poiseriez, poiseryez	poiseroient, poiseroyent
(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	poise	poises	poise	poisons	poisez	poisent
	imperfect	poisasse	poisasses	poisast	poisassions	poisassiez	poisassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	poise	—	poisons	poisez	—
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).

Derived terms

• poisant

Related terms

• poix