demener

See also: démener and démèner

Old French

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Old French de-
    Latin mina
    Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
    Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
    Proto-Italic *-āō
    Latin -ō
    Latin minō
    Old French mener
    Old French demener

    From de- + mener.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    demener

    1. (transitive) to lead (a battle, a mission, etc.)
      (Can we add an example for this sense?)

    Conjugation

    This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. It has two stems, a unstressed one in -men- that appears in most forms and a stressed one in -mein- (also -main-) that appears in parts of the present indicative, subjunctive and imperative. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

        Conjugation of demener (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
    simple compound
    infinitive demener avoir demené
    gerund en demenant gerund of avoir + past participle
    present participle demenant
    past participle demené
    person singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative jo tu il nos vos il
    simple
    tenses     		present demein, demain demeines, demaines demeine, demaine demenons demenez demeinent, demainent
    imperfect demenoie, demeneie, demenoe, demeneve demenoies, demeneies, demenoes, demeneves demenoit, demeneit, demenot, demeneve demeniiens, demeniens demeniiez, demeniez demenoient, demeneient, demenoent, demenevent
    preterite demenai demenas demena demenames demenastes demenerent
    future demenerai demeneras demenera demenerons demeneroiz, demenereiz, demenerez demeneront
    conditional demeneroie, demenereie demeneroies, demenereies demeneroit, demenereit demeneriiens, demeneriens demeneriiez, demeneriez demeneroient, demenereient
    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 demein, demain demeins, demains demeint, demaint demenons demenez demeinent, demainent
    imperfect demenasse demenasses demenast demenissons, demenissiens demenissoiz, demenissez, demenissiez demenassent
    compound
    tenses     		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nos vos –
    — demeine, demaine — demenons demenez —

    Descendants

    • Middle French:
    • → English: demean
    • → Middle English: demenen, demeinen
      • Middle English: demenure
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