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Fuir, to fly.

Fuyant, fui.

Haïr, to hate.

Haïssant, haï.

Je fu-is, is, it.

nous fu-yons, yez, ient.

Je fuyais. Je fuis.
Je fuirai.-Je fuirais.
Que je fuy-e, es, e;

Je hai-s, tu hai-s, il hai-t. Nous haïss-ons, vous haïss-ez, ils haïss-ent.

The irregularity of this verb

que nous fuy-ions, iez, fuient. is only in the three first persons

Que je fuisse.

* Instead of using je fuis and que je fuisse, we now say, je pris la fuite and que je prisse la fuite.

singular of the indicative, and the second singular of the imperative, in which it is deprived of the diæresis placed over its ï. As to the other tenses, it is conjugated like punir.

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Valoir, to be worth.
Valant, valu.

Vêtir, to clothe.
Vétant, vêtu.

Je v-aux, aux, aut; nous va-lons, lez, lent. Je valais. Je valus. Je vaudrai.-Je vaudrais. Que je v-aille, ailles, aille; que nous v-alions, aliez, aillent. Que je valusse.

Je vêt-s, s, il vêt
nous vêt-ons, ez, ent.
Je vêtais. Je vêtis.

Je vêtirai. Je vêtirais.
Que je vêt-e, es, e;
que nous vêt-ions, iez, ent.
Que je vêtisse.

The singular persons of the indicative and imperative are now

Equivaloir, to be equivalent, is conjugated in the same manner : prévaloir, to prevail, makes pre-seldom used. vale, instead of prévaille, in the present of the subjunctive.

It is used most commonly with the personal pronouns, and signifies to dress one's-self.

Example: Vous êtes long-temps à vous vêtir, you are long dressing yourself.

Vivre, to live.
Vivant, vécu.

( Je vi-s, s, t;

nous viv-ons, ez, ent.
Je vivais -Je vécus.
Je vivrai.-Je vivrais.
Que je viv-e, es, e;

Que nous viv-ions, iez, ent.

Que je vécusse.

Voir, to see.
Voyant, vu.

Je v-ois, ois, oit.

nous v-oyons, oyez, oient.
Je voyais. Je vis.
Je verrai.-Je verrais.
Que je voi-e, es, e;

que nous v-oyons, oyez, oient.
Que je visse.

Its derivatives are,

Entrevoir, to have a glimpse of.

Prévoir, to foresee.

Pourvoir, to provide.

Prévoir, makes je prévoiraije prévoirais instead of je préverrai-je préverrais.

Pourvoir, makes je pourvusje pourvoirai-je pourvoirais instead of je pourvis-je pourverrai -je pourverrais.

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The following Table, which contains the terminations of every verb, may be useful to the scholar, as a memorandum, and even a shield, to guard his orthography from the blunders so often made by English learners, in writing the verbs.

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