esprouver

== Middle French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French esprover, from Latin probāre. === Verb === esprouver to verify; to check to prove (reflexive or intransitive) to prove oneself, as in, to be brave, noble, etc. 1383-86, Froissart, Chroniques ==== Conjugation ==== Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive. ==== Descendants ==== French: éprouver === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “esprover”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. esprouver on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)