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Webster 1913 Edition
Abuser
A-bus′er
,Noun.
One who abuses [in the various senses of the verb].
Webster 1828 Edition
Abuser
ABU'SER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
abuser
abuser
English
Noun
abuser (plural abusers)
- One who abuses someone or something. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
- (obsolete) One who uses in an illegal or wrongful use. [Attested from the mid 17th century until the mid 18th century.][1]
Translations
one who abuses
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References
- 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 10
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Verb
abuser
- to mislead
- to take advantage
- to abuse (use improperly)
Derived terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of abuser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | abuser | avoir abusé | |||||
| gerund | en abusant | en ayant abusé | |||||
| present participle | abusant /a.by.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | abusé /a.by.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | abuse /a.byz/ |
abuses /a.byz/ |
abuse /a.byz/ |
abusons /a.by.zɔ̃/ |
abusez /a.by.ze/ |
abusent /a.byz/ |
| imperfect | abusais /a.by.zɛ/ |
abusais /a.by.zɛ/ |
abusait /a.by.zɛ/ |
abusions /a.by.zjɔ̃/ |
abusiez /a.by.zje/ |
abusaient /a.by.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | abusai /a.by.ze/ |
abusas /a.by.za/ |
abusa /a.by.za/ |
abusâmes /a.by.zam/ |
abusâtes /a.by.zat/ |
abusèrent /a.by.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | abuserai /a.byz.ʁe/ |
abuseras /a.byz.ʁa/ |
abusera /a.byz.ʁa/ |
abuserons /a.byz.ʁɔ̃/ |
abuserez /a.byz.ʁe/ |
abuseront /a.byz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | abuserais /a.byz.ʁɛ/ |
abuserais /a.byz.ʁɛ/ |
abuserait /a.byz.ʁɛ/ |
abuserions /a.by.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
abuseriez /a.by.zə.ʁje/ |
abuseraient /a.byz.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | abuse /a.byz/ |
abuses /a.byz/ |
abuse /a.byz/ |
abusions /a.by.zjɔ̃/ |
abusiez /a.by.zje/ |
abusent /a.byz/ |
| imperfect1 |
abusasse /a.by.zas/ |
abusasses /a.by.zas/ |
abusât /a.by.za/ |
abusassions /a.by.za.sjɔ̃/ |
abusassiez /a.by.za.sje/ |
abusassent /a.by.zas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | abuse /a.byz/ |
— | abusons /a.by.zɔ̃/ |
abusez /a.by.ze/ |
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