poiser

English

Etymology

poise +‎ -er

Noun

poiser (plural poisers)

  1. One who poises or balances something.
    • John Marston (poet)
      To the only rewarder and most just poiser of virtuous merits, the most honourably renowned Nobody, bounteous Maecenas of Poetry and Lord Protector of oppressed innocence, […]
  2. The balancer of dipterous insects.

Anagrams

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French poiser, variant of peser based on the tonic stem, from Vulgar Latin *pēsō, pēsāre, from Latin pēnsō, pēnsāre.

Verb

poiser

  1. to weigh
  2. (figuratively) to weigh on; to be a burden or a problem

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of poiser
simple compound
infinitive poiser avoir poisé
gerund en poisant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle poisant
past participle poisé
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 poise poises poise poisons poisez poisent
imperfect poisois, poisoys poisois, poisoys poisoit, poisoyt poisions, poisyons poisiez, poisyez poisoient, poisoyent
past historic poisa poisas poisa poisasmes poisastes poiserent
future poiserai, poiseray poiseras poisera poiserons poiserez poiseront
conditional poiserois, poiseroys poiserois, poiseroys poiseroit, poiseroyt poiserions, poiseryons poiseriez, poiseryez poiseroient, poiseroyent
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 poise poises poise poisons poisez poisent
imperfect poisasse poisasses poisast poisassions poisassiez poisassent
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 –
— poise — poisons poisez —

Derived terms
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