emploiier

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin implicāre, present active infinitive of implicō.

Verb

emploiier

(transitive) to fold (something) on itself
(transitive) to use; to make use of

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has a stressed present stem empli distinct from the unstressed stem emploi, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		emploiier			avoir emploiié
gerund		en emploiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		emploiant
past participle		emploiié
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	empli, emploi	emplïes, emploies	emplïe, emploie	emploions	emploiiez, emploiez	emplïent, emploient
	imperfect	emploioie, emploieie, emploioe, emploiieve, emploieve	emploioies, emploieies, emploioes, emploiieves, emploieves	emploioit, emploieit, emploiot, emploiieve, emploieve	emploiiiens, emploiiens	emploiiiez, emploiiez	emploioient, emploieient, emploioent, emploiievent, emploievent
	preterite	emploiai	emploias	emploia	emploiames	emploiastes	emploiierent
	future	emploierai	emploieras	emploiera	emploierons	emploieroiz, emploiereiz, emploierez	emploieront
	conditional	emploieroie, emploiereie	emploieroies, emploiereies	emploieroit, emploiereit	emploieriiens, emploieriens	emploieriiez, emploieriez	emploieroient, emploiereient
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	empli, emploi	emplis, emplois	emplit, emploit	emploions	emploiiez, emploiez	emplïent, emploient
simple tenses	imperfect	emploiasse	emploiasses	emploiast	emploiissons, emploiissiens	emploiissoiz, emploiissez, emploiissiez	emploiassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	emplïe, emploie	—	emploions	emploiiez, emploiez	—

Synonyms

(make use of): esploitier

Descendants

Middle English: emplien, implien (borrowed through the variant form emplier)
- English: imply
Middle French: employer
- → English: employ
- French: employer