compeller

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English compel

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsjos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English compeller

From compel + -er.

Noun

compeller (plural compellers)

Agent noun of compel; one who compels.

Latin

Verb

compeller

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of compellō

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin compellō.

Verb

compeller

to compel; to force to do

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ell, *-ells, *-ellt are modified to el, eaus, eaut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		compeller			avoir compellé
gerund		en compellant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		compellant
past participle		compellé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	compel	compelles	compelle	compellons	compellez	compellent
	imperfect	compelloie, compelleie, compelloe, compelleve	compelloies, compelleies, compelloes, compelleves	compelloit, compelleit, compellot, compelleve	compelliiens, compelliens	compelliiez, compelliez	compelloient, compelleient, compelloent, compellevent
	preterite	compellai	compellas	compella	compellames	compellastes	compellerent
	future	compellerai	compelleras	compellera	compellerons	compelleroiz, compellereiz, compellerez	compelleront
	conditional	compelleroie, compellereie	compelleroies, compellereies	compelleroit, compellereit	compelleriiens, compelleriens	compelleriiez, compelleriez	compelleroient, compellereient
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	compel	compeaus	compeaut	compellons	compellez	compellent
simple tenses	imperfect	compellasse	compellasses	compellast	compellissons, compellissiens	compellissoiz, compellissez, compellissiez	compellassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	compelle	—	compellons	compellez	—

References

Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “compeller”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
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