Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb défier

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb défier, along with their English translations.

défier is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je défiai	I challenged
tu défias	you challenged
il défia	he challenged
elle défia	she challenged
nous défiâmes	we challenged
vous défiâtes	you challenged
ils défièrent	they challenged
elles défièrent	they challenged

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