acquiter

Middle French

Verb

acquiter

  1. (reflexive, s'acquiter de) to act; to do
    • c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
      je m'en acquiteray a mon leal povoir et de bon ceur
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of acquiter
infinitive simple acquiter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple acquitant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle acquité
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present acquite acquites acquite acquitons acquitez acquitent
imperfect acquitois, acquitoys acquitois, acquitoys acquitoit, acquitoyt acquitions, acquityons acquitiez, acquityez acquitoient, acquitoyent
past historic acquita acquitas acquita acquitasmes acquitastes acquiterent
future acquiterai, acquiteray acquiteras acquitera acquiterons acquiterez acquiteront
conditional acquiterois, acquiteroys acquiterois, acquiteroys acquiteroit, acquiteroyt acquiterions, acquiteryons acquiteriez, acquiteryez acquiteroient, acquiteroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present acquite acquites acquite acquitons acquitez acquitent
imperfect acquitasse acquitasses acquitast acquitassions acquitassiez acquitassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — acquite — acquitons acquitez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

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