averer

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin advērāre.

Verb

averer

1. to realise, accomplish
2. to verify

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		averer			avoir averé
gerund		en averant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		averant
past participle		averé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	aver	averes	avere	averons	averez	averent
	imperfect	averoie, avereie, averoe, avereve	averoies, avereies, averoes, avereves	averoit, avereit, averot, avereve	averiiens, averiens	averiiez, averiez	averoient, avereient, averoent, averevent
	preterite	averai	averas	avera	averames	averastes	avererent
	future	avererai	avereras	averera	avererons	avereroiz, averereiz, avererez	avereront
	conditional	avereroie, averereie	avereroies, averereies	avereroit, averereit	avereriiens, avereriens	avereriiez, avereriez	avereroient, averereient
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	aver	avers	avert	averons	averez	averent
	imperfect	averasse	averasses	averast	averissons, averissiens	averissoiz, averissez, averissiez	averassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	avere	—	averons	averez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: averer, adverer, avoirier
  • French: avérer
• → Middle English: averren
  • English: aver

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vērus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 331