encliner

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French encliner.

Verb

encliner

  1. (reflexive, s'encliner) to give in to; to submit to (an authority, etc.)
    • circa 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
simple compound
infinitive encliner avoir encliné
gerund en enclinant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle enclinant
past participle encliné
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il 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 Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il 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 Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— encline — enclinons enclinez —
  • enclinaison

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin inclīnāre, present active infinitive of inclīnō (“I incline, I 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 Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— encline — enclinons enclinez —

Descendants

(from the later variant form incliner)

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