retaillier

== Old French == === Etymology === re- +‎ taillier === Verb === retaillier to shape by cutting to circumcise (figuratively, by extension) to diminish; to lessen; to reduce ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-aill, *-aills, *-aillt are modified to ail, auz, aut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== → English: retail French: retailler === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “retaillier”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.