apointier

Old French

Etymology

From pointier, from point. Possibly corresponds to a Late Latin appunctāre, from Latin ad + punctum.

Verb

apointier

1. to prepare
2. to equip
3. to treat (medically)
4. to trick; to deceive
5. to appoint; to select someone for a task

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		apointier			avoir apointié
gerund		en apointant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		apointant
past participle		apointié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	apoint	apointes	apointe	apointons	apointiez	apointent
	imperfect	apointoie, apointeie, apointoe, apointieve	apointoies, apointeies, apointoes, apointieves	apointoit, apointeit, apointot, apointieve	apointiiens, apointiens	apointiiez, apointiez	apointoient, apointeient, apointoent, apointievent
	preterite	apointai	apointas	apointa	apointames	apointastes	apointierent
	future	apointerai	apointeras	apointera	apointerons	apointeroiz, apointereiz, apointerez	apointeront
	conditional	apointeroie, apointereie	apointeroies, apointereies	apointeroit, apointereit	apointeriiens, apointeriens	apointeriiez, apointeriez	apointeroient, apointereient
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	apoint	apoinz	apoint	apointons	apointiez	apointent
	imperfect	apointasse	apointasses	apointast	apointissons, apointissiens	apointissoiz, apointissez, apointissiez	apointassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	apointe	—	apointons	apointiez	—

Descendants

• English: appoint
• French: appointer

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (apointier)