posseder

See also: posséder

Middle French

Verb

posseder

1. to possess

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of posseder

infinitive	simple	posseder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	possedant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		possedé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	possede	possedes	possede	possedons	possedez	possedent
	imperfect	possedois, possedoys	possedois, possedoys	possedoit, possedoyt	possedions, possedyons	possediez, possedyez	possedoient, possedoyent
	past historic	posseda	possedas	posseda	possedasmes	possedastes	possederent
	future	possederai, possederay	possederas	possedera	possederons	possederez	possederont
	conditional	possederois, possederoys	possederois, possederoys	possederoit, possederoyt	possederions, possederyons	possederiez, possederyez	possederoient, possederoyent
(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	possede	possedes	possede	possedons	possedez	possedent
	imperfect	possedasse	possedasses	possedast	possedassions	possedassiez	possedassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	possede	—	possedons	possedez	—
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).