acquitter

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

to acquit + -er

Noun

acquitter (plural acquitters)

1. Agent noun of acquit; one who acquits or releases.

References

• acquitter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.ki.te/

• Audio

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Verb

acquitter

1. to pay
2. to acknowledge (a signal), to notify the receipt of
3. (law) to clear, to acquit
4. (reflexive, s'acquitter) to pay
5. (reflexive, s'acquitter, ~ de) to discharge, to complete (one's duty)

   La jeune femme fit de réels efforts pour s'acquitter sérieusement de la corvée.

   The young woman made real serious efforts to finish her chores.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of acquitter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		acquitter			avoir acquitté
gerund		en acquittant			en ayant acquitté
present participle		acquittant
past participle		acquitté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	acquitte	acquittes	acquitte	acquittons	acquittez	acquittent
	imperfect	acquittais	acquittais	acquittait	acquittions	acquittiez	acquittaient
	past historic1	acquittai	acquittas	acquitta	acquittâmes	acquittâtes	acquittèrent
	future	acquitterai	acquitteras	acquittera	acquitterons	acquitterez	acquitteront
	conditional	acquitterais	acquitterais	acquitterait	acquitterions	acquitteriez	acquitteraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	acquitte	acquittes	acquitte	acquittions	acquittiez	acquittent
	imperfect1	acquittasse	acquittasses	acquittât	acquittassions	acquittassiez	acquittassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	acquitte	—	acquittons	acquittez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• acquittement