aquiten

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • acwiten, aquitie, aquitti, acquite, acquiete

Etymology

From Old French aquiter (“to act, do”) and Medieval Latin acquitāre (“to settle a debt”), equivalent to a- +‎ quiten.

Verb

aquiten

  1. To give in return; to pay or repay (a debt or fee)
    • c. 1380s, [Geoffrey Chaucer, William Caxton, editor], The Double Sorow of Troylus to Telle Kyng Pryamus Sone of Troye [...] [Troilus and Criseyde], [Westminster]: Explicit per Caxton, published 1482, →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], book II, [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio clxxix, verso, column 1, line 1200:
      Therwyth al roſy hewed tho woxe ſhe / And gan to hym, and ſayd, ſo I trowe / Aquyte him wel for goddes loue (q[uo]d he) / My ſelfe to medes wol the lettre ſowe […]
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  2. To redeem; to make good (a promise, obligation)
  3. To repay; to requite.
  4. To return; to reciprocate or reward.
  5. To acquit; to free or relieve (a prisoner or accused)
  6. To make amends (an offense, sin, etc.)
  7. (reflexive) To absolve oneself (in a certain manner)
  8. (reflexive) To act or behave (in a certain manner)

Conjugation

Conjugation of aquiten (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) aquiten, aquite
present tense past tense
1st-person singular aquite aquited
2nd-person singular aquitest aquitedest
3rd-person singular aquiteth aquited
subjunctive singular aquite
imperative singular —
plural1 aquiten, aquite aquiteden, aquitede
imperative plural aquiteth, aquite —
participles aquitynge, aquitende aquited, yaquited

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: acquit
  • Scots: acquit, acquiet

References

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