cabasser

Middle French

Verb

cabasser

1. to chatter, to gossip
2. to cheat, to dupe, to fool

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of cabasser

infinitive	simple	cabasser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	cabassant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		cabassé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cabasse	cabasses	cabasse	cabassons	cabassez	cabassent
	imperfect	cabassois, cabassoys	cabassois, cabassoys	cabassoit, cabassoyt	cabassions, cabassyons	cabassiez, cabassyez	cabassoient, cabassoyent
	past historic	cabassa	cabassas	cabassa	cabassasmes	cabassastes	cabasserent
	future	cabasserai, cabasseray	cabasseras	cabassera	cabasserons	cabasserez	cabasseront
	conditional	cabasserois, cabasseroys	cabasserois, cabasseroys	cabasseroit, cabasseroyt	cabasserions, cabasseryons	cabasseriez, cabasseryez	cabasseroient, cabasseroyent
(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	cabasse	cabasses	cabasse	cabassons	cabassez	cabassent
	imperfect	cabassasse	cabassasses	cabassast	cabassassions	cabassassiez	cabassassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cabasse	—	cabassons	cabassez	—
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).