surseoir

== French == === Alternative forms === sursoir (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === From French sur (“over”) + seoir (“be fit, proper”). Doublet of superséder. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -waʁ === Verb === surseoir to defer, to postpone to stay (a penal sentence) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== sursis === Further reading === “surseoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Alternative forms === sourseoir surseer surseser === Verb === surseoir to abstain (from) to delay to miss a deadline; to fail to respond ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem sursie distinct from the unstressed stem surse, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== French: surseoir English: surcease === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “sourseoir”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. surseer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub