Verbs that require de

A number of French verbs require the preposition de in front of a noun or infinitive.

Verb + de + noun

s’agir de	to be a question of
s’apercevoir de	to notice
approcher de	to approach
arriver de (Paris, Canada)	to arrive from (Paris, Canada)
avoir besoin de	to need
avoir envie de	to want
avoir l’habitude de	to be used to, in the habit of
avoir peur de	to be afraid of
changer de (train)	to change (trains)
convaincre de	to convince of
couvrir de	to cover with
déborder de (informal)	to be bursting with
démunir (qqun) de	to deprive (s.o.) of
dépendre de	to depend on
douter de	to doubt
écrire de (la main gauche)	to write with (the left hand)
s’emparer de	to grab
s’étonner de	to be amazed by
féliciter de	to congratulate
hériter de	to inherit
jouer de	to play (an instrument)
jouir de	to enjoy
manquer de	to lack
se méfier de	to distrust, beware of
se moquer de	to make fun of
s’occuper de	to be busy with
partir de	to leave
se passer de	to do without
penser de	to have an opinion about
se plaindre de	to complain about
profiter de	to make the most of
punir de	to punish for
raffoler de	to love, be crazy about
recompenser de	to reward for
remercier de	to thank for
se rendre compte de	to realize
rêver de	to dream of, desire
rire de	to laugh at
servir de	to put to use as
se servir de	to use
se soucier de	to care about
se souvenir de	to remember
tenir de	to take after, resemble
se tromper de	to mistake
vivre de	to live on.

accepter de	to accept, agree to
accuser (quelqu’un) de	to accuse (someone) of
achever de	to finish ___-ing
s’agir de	to be a question of ___-ing
(s’)arrêter de	to stop ___-ing
attendre de	to wait to
avertir (qqun) de (ne pas)	to warn (someone) (not) to
avoir peur de	to be afraid of ___-ing
blâmer (qqun) de	to blame (someone) for ___-ing
cesser de	to stop, cease ___-ing
choisir de	to choose to
commander (à qqun) de	to order (someone) to
commencer de*	to start to / ___-ing
conseiller de	to advise to
se contenter de	to be happy ___-ing
continuer de*	to continue to / ___-ing
convenir de	to agree to
craindre de	to fear ___-ing
décider de	to decide to
défendre (à quelqu’un) de	to forbid (someone) to do s.t.
se délecter de	to delight in ___-ing
demander (à quelqu’un) de	to ask (someone) to do something
se dépêcher de	to hurry to
déranger quelqu’un de	to bother someone to
dire (à quelqu’un) de	to tell (someone) to do something
s’efforcer de	to endeavor, try one’s best to
empêcher de	to prevent, keep from ___-ing
s’empresser de	to hurry to
ennuyer quelqu’un de	to bother/upset someone to
essayer de	to try to
être (adjective / past participle) de	to be (adj / ___ed) to
s’excuser de	to apologize for ___-ing
féliciter de	to congratulate for ___-ing
finir de	to finish ___-ing
se hâter de	to hurry to
manquer de	to neglect, fail to
mériter de	to deserve to
offrir de	to offer to
oublier de	to forget to
(se) permettre de	to allow (oneself) to
persuader de	to persuade to
prendre garde de	to be careful not to
prendre le parti de	to decide to
se presser de	to hurry to
prier de	to beg to
promettre de	to promise to
proposer de	to suggest ___-ing
refuser de	to refuse to
regretter de	to regret ___-ing
remercier de	to thank for ___-ing

Can also be followed by à with exactly the same meaning.

Note that this construction may be equivalent to an English infinitive (e.g., to do) or a gerund (doing) - infimitive is used