quasser

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) quasser

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of quassō

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Old French

Alternative forms

• casser

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin quassāre, present active infinitive of quassō, influenced by cassō (“I annul”).

Verb

quasser

1. to break (damage using force)
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Les hiaumes lor anbuingne et quasse.

     He broke and dented their helmets

2. (chiefly law) to annul; to quash
   • Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie hactenus inediti, 1272-1373, ed. H. G. Richardson and G. O. Sayles, Camden Society., 3rd series. vol. 51, 1935. date: 1279-1377. Available online via the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

     Et qe record et procés […] soient repellez et quassez

     And may the record and the process [...] be repealed and quashed

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of quasser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		quasser			avoir quassé
gerund		en quassant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		quassant
past participle		quassé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	quas	quasses	quasse	quassons	quassez	quassent
	imperfect	quassoie, quasseie, quassoe, quasseve	quassoies, quasseies, quassoes, quasseves	quassoit, quasseit, quassot, quasseve	quassiiens, quassiens	quassiiez, quassiez	quassoient, quasseient, quassoent, quassevent
	preterite	quassai	quassas	quassa	quassames	quassastes	quasserent
	future	quasserai	quasseras	quassera	quasserons	quasseroiz, quassereiz, quasserez	quasseront
	conditional	quasseroie, quassereie	quasseroies, quassereies	quasseroit, quassereit	quasseriiens, quasseriens	quasseriiez, quasseriez	quasseroient, quassereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	quas	quas	quast	quassons	quassez	quassent
	imperfect	quassasse	quassasses	quassast	quassissons, quassissiens	quassissoiz, quassissez, quassissiez	quassassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	quasse	—	quassons	quassez	—

Synonyms

• (to break): brisier, ronpre

Descendants

• English: quash
• French: casser
• Norman: câsser