encliner

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French encliner.

Verb

encliner

  1. (reflexive, s'encliner) to give in to; to submit to (an authority, etc.)
    • c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
      les seigneurs de Portingal […] s'enclinoient a luy et a cette election
      the lords of Portugal […] submitted to him and to this choice

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of encliner
infinitive simple encliner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple enclinant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle encliné
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present encline enclines encline enclinons enclinez enclinent
imperfect enclinois, enclinoys enclinois, enclinoys enclinoit, enclinoyt enclinions, enclinyons encliniez, enclinyez enclinoient, enclinoyent
past historic enclina enclinas enclina enclinasmes enclinastes enclinerent
future enclinerai, enclineray enclineras enclinera enclinerons enclinerez enclineront
conditional enclinerois, enclineroys enclinerois, enclineroys enclineroit, enclineroyt enclinerions, enclineryons enclineriez, enclineryez enclineroient, enclineroyent
(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 encline enclines encline enclinons enclinez enclinent
imperfect enclinasse enclinasses enclinast enclinassions enclinassiez enclinassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — encline — enclinons enclinez —
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).
  • enclinaison

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin inclīnāre (“to incline, to tilt”), from in- + clīnō.

Verb

encliner

  1. (transitive) to lean
  2. to lower
  3. (reflexive, s'encliner) to tend towards

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 encliner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive encliner avoir encliné
gerund en enclinant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle enclinant
past participle encliné
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present enclin enclines encline enclinons enclinez enclinent
imperfect enclinoie, enclineie, enclinoe, enclineve enclinoies, enclineies, enclinoes, enclineves enclinoit, enclineit, enclinot, enclineve encliniiens, encliniens encliniiez, encliniez enclinoient, enclineient, enclinoent, enclinevent
preterite enclinai enclinas enclina enclinames enclinastes enclinerent
future enclinerai enclineras enclinera enclinerons enclineroiz, enclinereiz, enclinerez enclineront
conditional enclineroie, enclinereie enclineroies, enclinereies enclineroit, enclinereit enclineriiens, enclineriens enclineriiez, enclineriez enclineroient, enclinereient
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 enclin enclins enclint enclinons enclinez enclinent
imperfect enclinasse enclinasses enclinast enclinissons, enclinissiens enclinissoiz, enclinissez, enclinissiez enclinassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— encline — enclinons enclinez —

Descendants

(from the later variant form incliner)

  • → English: incline
  • French: incliner
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