esprover

== Old French == === Etymology === es- + prover, from Latin probāre. === Verb === esprover to prove (reflexive, s'esprover) to prove oneself ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Some verb forms containing -is(s-) might have been contaminated by pooir (“to be able”). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: esprouver French: éprouver → Italian: sprovare → Middle English: esprove === 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. 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. esprover on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub