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Webster 1913 Edition
Justifier
Jus′ti-fiˊer
,Noun.
One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves.
Justifiers
of themselves and hypocrites. Strype.
That he might be just, and the
justifier
of him which believeth in Jesus. Rom. iii. 26.
Webster 1828 Edition
Justifier
JUST'IFIER
,Noun.
1.
He who pardons and absolves from guilt and punishment. That he might be just, and the justifier of him who believeth in Jesus. Rom.3.
Definition 2024
justifier
justifier
English
Noun
justifier (plural justifiers)
- (chiefly philosophy) One who, or that which, justifies (some belief or action).
French
Etymology
From Latin iustificō, iustificāre.
Verb
justifier
- to justify
Conjugation
Conjugation of justifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | justifier | avoir justifié | |||||
| gerund | en justifiant | en ayant justifié | |||||
| present participle | justifiant /ʒys.ti.fjɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | justifié /ʒys.ti.fje/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | justifie /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
justifies /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
justifie /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
justifions /ʒys.ti.fjɔ̃/ |
justifiez /ʒys.ti.fje/ |
justifient /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect | justifiais /ʒys.ti.fjɛ/ |
justifiais /ʒys.ti.fjɛ/ |
justifiait /ʒys.ti.fjɛ/ |
justifiions /ʒys.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ |
justifiiez /ʒys.ti.fi.je/ |
justifiaient /ʒys.ti.fjɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | justifiai /ʒys.ti.fje/ |
justifias /ʒys.ti.fja/ |
justifia /ʒys.ti.fja/ |
justifiâmes /ʒys.ti.fjam/ |
justifiâtes /ʒys.ti.fjat/ |
justifièrent /ʒys.ti.fjɛʁ/ |
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| future | justifierai /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁe/ |
justifieras /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁa/ |
justifiera /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁa/ |
justifierons /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
justifierez /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁe/ |
justifieront /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | justifierais /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
justifierais /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
justifierait /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
justifierions /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
justifieriez /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁje/ |
justifieraient /ʒys.ti.fi.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 | justifie /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
justifies /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
justifie /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
justifiions /ʒys.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ |
justifiiez /ʒys.ti.fi.je/ |
justifient /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect1 |
justifiasse /ʒys.ti.fjas/ |
justifiasses /ʒys.ti.fjas/ |
justifiât /ʒys.ti.fja/ |
justifiassions /ʒys.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
justifiassiez /ʒys.ti.fja.sje/ |
justifiassent /ʒys.ti.fjas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | justifie /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
— | justifions /ʒys.ti.fjɔ̃/ |
justifiez /ʒys.ti.fje/ |
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