chever

== Middle English == === Adjective === chever comparative degree of chef == Old French == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *capāre, from Latin caput. === Verb === chever (intransitive) to finish; to come to an end ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem chiev distinct from the unstressed stem chev. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== French: chever === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “chever”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.