enginer

English

Etymology

From engine +‎ -er. See engineer.

Noun

enginer (plural enginers)

(obsolete) A contriver; an inventor; one who makes engines.
From the play Hamlet (III.iv.207) by Shakespeare:

For tis the sport to haue the enginer / Hoist with his owne petar.

Misspelling of engineer.

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for enginer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

ingener

Old French

Verb

enginer

(Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of engignier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of enginer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		enginer			avoir enginé
gerund		en enginant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		enginant
past participle		enginé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	engin	engines	engine	enginons	enginez	enginent
	imperfect	enginoie, engineie, enginoe, engineve	enginoies, engineies, enginoes, engineves	enginoit, engineit, enginot, engineve	enginiiens, enginiens	enginiiez, enginiez	enginoient, engineient, enginoent, enginevent
	preterite	enginai	enginas	engina	enginames	enginastes	enginerent
	future	enginerai	engineras	enginera	enginerons	engineroiz, enginereiz, enginerez	engineront
	conditional	engineroie, enginereie	engineroies, enginereies	engineroit, enginereit	engineriiens, engineriens	engineriiez, engineriez	engineroient, enginereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	engin	engins	engint	enginons	enginez	enginent
simple tenses	imperfect	enginasse	enginasses	enginast	enginissons, enginissiens	enginissoiz, enginissez, enginissiez	enginassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	engine	—	enginons	enginez	—

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