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il vieillissait

was getting older, was aging

→ vieillir
vieill to grow old, to age + iss Second-conjugation stem marker + ait 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #48,500
was getting older, was aging The form used for an ongoing or repeated action in the past.
FR: Avec le temps, il vieillissait.
EN: As time went by, he was getting older.
Conjugation of vieillir
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third vieillissait —

Il vieillissait.

He was getting old.

On ne vieillissait pas.

We weren’t getting any older.

Ma pauvre maman vieillissait elle aussi.

My poor mother was growing old too.

— Le Tambour (1979)

Plus il vieillissait, plus il devenait pudique.

The older he got, the more modest he became.