apareillier

• aparellier
• apareiller

From a Vulgar Latin *appariclāre, syncopated form of *appariculāre, present active infinitive of *appariculō, probably from Latin apparō. Related to apareil, whence also English apparel and Modern French appareil.

apareillier

1. to arm or tool oneself
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Les chevaliers fet esvellier,
     Les chaceors, aparellier.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 12^th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:

     Isnelement se vont aparillier.

     They quickly put on their equipment

2. to tool; to equip
3. to prepare (food)
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 178 of this essay:

     la dite chair du serpens soit appareillé avec pouldre de coriande

     the aforementioned snake flesh should be prepared with powdered coriander

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 *-eill, *-eills, *-eillt are modified to eil, euz, eut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• apareil

• Middle French: appareiller
  • French: appareiller
• Italian: apparecchiare