169. The Second Class comprises the following verbs, which

Desservir, to clear the table.

Se repentir, to repent (see the conjugation of Reflective Verbs). 170. The Third Class includes the following verbs, which are conjugated like ouvrir :

171. The Fourth Class consists of the following verbs, which are conjugated like tenir :

* Ressortir, meaning to belong to, is conjugated like agir, to act (168): En France, les tribunaux de première instance RESSORTISSENT à leurs cours royales respectives.

G

Venir, revenir, parvenir, are conjugated in their compound tenses with the auxiliary être. See Conjugation of neuter verbs.

Avenir is an obsolete verb, used only in the third person singular. See the List of irregular and defective verbs.

172. NOTE. All the verbs of the second, third, and fourth classes of the second conjugation being contained in the above lists, any other verb ending in ir which the student may meet with in the exercises on the regular verbs, belongs of course to the first class, and is conjugated like agir.

To avoid repetition, the Idiomatic tenses are not given in this conjugation, and only occasionally in the following. The pupil will supply the omission by forming them himself, from the model of the first conjugation (page 114 et seq.): thus, instead of saying, Je viens d'aimer, etc., he will conjugate, Je viens d'agir, de sentir, d'ouvrir, de tenir, and so on in these and the subsequent conjugations.

Conjugate like the above the verbs mentioned in pages 120, 121 and 122 (168, 169, 170 and 171).

THIRD CONJUGATION.

173. Model of Verbs of the Third Conjugation, Infinitive Mood ending in OIR.

This conjugation contains only seven regular verbs; namely, concevoir, to conceive; décevoir, to deceive*; devoirt, to owe; redevoir, to owe again; percevoir, (a law term,) to collect; recevoir, to receive; and apercevoir, to perceive, which serves as a model. The other verbs ending in oir, in the infinitive mood, are conjugated hereafter in the list of irregular verbs.

INFINITIVE MOOD.

PRESENT.-Apercevoir, To perceive.
PAST.-Avoir aperçu, To have perceived.

* Décevoir is principally used in the compound tenses. The verb tromper supplies it in simple tenses.

+ Devoir has a circumflex accent on the û of the past participle dû (10.), but the accent is not used when the participle dû is feminine or plural; as, due, dus, or dues.