Infinitive
despouiller
Gerund
despouillant
Participles
| Present | despouillant |
| Past | despouillé |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | despouille |
| 2nd sing. | despouilles |
| 3rd sing. | despouille |
| 1st plur. | despouillons |
| 2nd plur. | despouillez |
| 3rd plur. | despouillent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | despouillois; despouilloys |
| 2nd sing. | despouillois; despouilloys |
| 3rd sing. | despouilloit; despouilloyt |
| 1st plur. | despouillions; despouillyons |
| 2nd plur. | despouilliez; despouillyez |
| 3rd plur. | despouilloient; despouilloyent |
Past Historic
| 1st sing. | despouilla |
| 2nd sing. | despouillas |
| 3rd sing. | despouilla |
| 1st plur. | despouillasmes |
| 2nd plur. | despouillastes |
| 3rd plur. | despouillerent |
Future
| 1st sing. | despouillerai; despouilleray |
| 2nd sing. | despouilleras |
| 3rd sing. | despouillera |
| 1st plur. | despouillerons |
| 2nd plur. | despouillerez |
| 3rd plur. | despouilleront |
Conditional
| 1st sing. | despouillerois; despouilleroys |
| 2nd sing. | despouillerois; despouilleroys |
| 3rd sing. | despouilleroit; despouilleroyt |
| 1st plur. | despouillerions; despouilleryons |
| 2nd plur. | despouilleriez; despouilleryez |
| 3rd plur. | despouilleroient; despouilleroyent |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | despouille |
| 2nd sing. | despouilles |
| 3rd sing. | despouille |
| 1st plur. | despouillons |
| 2nd plur. | despouillez |
| 3rd plur. | despouillent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | despouillasse |
| 2nd sing. | despouillasses |
| 3rd sing. | despouillast |
| 1st plur. | despouillassions |
| 2nd plur. | despouillassiez |
| 3rd plur. | despouillassent |
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | despouille |
| 1st plur. | despouillons |
| 2nd plur. | despouillez |
Verbs conjugated like despouiller
saluer,
combiner,
atourner,
effectuer,
approuvender,
employer,
r'asseurer,
empenser,
estrangler,
denunchier,
bailler,
baisler,
empescher,
embausmer,
coniurer,
engendrer,
tesmoigner,
despouiller,
despossesser,
rebarber, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
From Old French despoillier, from Latin despoliare. See: Old French '
despoillier'.
Sample Sentences
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She went amongst her friends, who had also stripped the prairie of its dignity. [elle se mesla parmi ses compaignes : lesquelles ayant außi despouillé la prarie de sa dignite (L'Arcadie-Trad-Massin, published 1544, Paris)]
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Lois le fist despoullier tout nu (Louis made him strip completely naked) [1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 39:]
Cognates
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