miter
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Verb [edit]
miter (third-person singular simple present miters, present participle mitering, simple past and past participle mitered)
- To finish a material at an angle, frequently 45 degrees, or sometimes with some specific shape, so that it will fit up tightly against another piece of material, as with a picture frame.
Noun [edit]
miter (plural miters)
- Alternative form of miter joint.
- Alternative spelling of mitre.
Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Verb [edit]
miter
- (reflexive, se miter) to be eaten by mites or moths
- to construct buildings in an unregulated pattern
Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of miter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | miter | avoir mité | |||||
| gerund | en mitant | en ayant mité | |||||
| present participle | mitant | ||||||
| past participle | mité | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | mite | mites | mite | mitons | mitez | mitent |
| imperfect | mitais | mitais | mitait | mitions | mitiez | mitaient | |
| past historic1 | mitai | mitas | mita | mitâmes | mitâtes | mitèrent | |
| future | miterai | miteras | mitera | miterons | miterez | miteront | |
| conditional | miterais | miterais | miterait | miterions | miteriez | miteraient | |
| 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 | mite | mites | mite | mitions | mitiez | mitent |
| imperfect1 | mitasse | mitasses | mitât | mitassions | mitassiez | mitassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | mite | — | mitons | mitez | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
