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Webster 1913 Edition
Acquitter
Ac-quit′ter
,Noun.
One who acquits or releases.
Definition 2024
acquitter
acquitter
English
Noun
acquitter (plural acquitters)
References
- acquitter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ki.te/
Verb
acquitter
- to pay
- to acknowledge (a signal), to notify the receipt of
- (law) to clear, to acquit
- (reflexive, s'acquitter) to pay
- (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.
- La jeune femme fit de réels efforts pour s'acquitter sérieusement de la corvée.
Conjugation
Conjugation of acquitter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | acquitter | avoir acquitté | |||||
gerund | en acquittant | en ayant acquitté | |||||
present participle | acquittant /a.ki.tɑ̃/ |
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past participle | acquitté /a.ki.te/ |
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person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
simple tenses |
present | acquitte /a.kit/ |
acquittes /a.kit/ |
acquitte /a.kit/ |
acquittons /a.ki.tɔ̃/ |
acquittez /a.ki.te/ |
acquittent /a.kit/ |
imperfect | acquittais /a.ki.tɛ/ |
acquittais /a.ki.tɛ/ |
acquittait /a.ki.tɛ/ |
acquittions /a.ki.tjɔ̃/ |
acquittiez /a.ki.tje/ |
acquittaient /a.ki.tɛ/ |
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past historic1 | acquittai /a.ki.te/ |
acquittas /a.ki.ta/ |
acquitta /a.ki.ta/ |
acquittâmes /a.ki.tam/ |
acquittâtes /a.ki.tat/ |
acquittèrent /a.ki.tɛʁ/ |
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future | acquitterai /a.ki.tʁe/ |
acquitteras /a.ki.tʁa/ |
acquittera /a.ki.tʁa/ |
acquitterons /a.ki.tʁɔ̃/ |
acquitterez /a.ki.tʁe/ |
acquitteront /a.ki.tʁɔ̃/ |
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conditional | acquitterais /a.ki.tʁɛ/ |
acquitterais /a.ki.tʁɛ/ |
acquitterait /a.ki.tʁɛ/ |
acquitterions /a.ki.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
acquitteriez /a.ki.tə.ʁje/ |
acquitteraient /a.ki.tʁɛ/ |
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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 /a.kit/ |
acquittes /a.kit/ |
acquitte /a.kit/ |
acquittions /a.ki.tjɔ̃/ |
acquittiez /a.ki.tje/ |
acquittent /a.kit/ |
imperfect1 |
acquittasse /a.ki.tas/ |
acquittasses /a.ki.tas/ |
acquittât /a.ki.ta/ |
acquittassions /a.ki.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
acquittassiez /a.ki.ta.sje/ |
acquittassent /a.ki.tas/ |
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compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
— | acquitte /a.kit/ |
— | acquittons /a.ki.tɔ̃/ |
acquittez /a.ki.te/ |
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