aquitter

Middle French

Verb

aquitter

1. (reflexive, s'aquitter) to occupy oneself with; to undertake; to do

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of aquitter

infinitive	simple	aquitter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	aquittant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		aquitté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	aquitte	aquittes	aquitte	aquittons	aquittez	aquittent
	imperfect	aquittois, aquittoys	aquittois, aquittoys	aquittoit, aquittoyt	aquittions, aquittyons	aquittiez, aquittyez	aquittoient, aquittoyent
	past historic	aquitta	aquittas	aquitta	aquittasmes	aquittastes	aquitterent
	future	aquitterai, aquitteray	aquitteras	aquittera	aquitterons	aquitterez	aquitteront
	conditional	aquitterois, aquitteroys	aquitterois, aquitteroys	aquitteroit, aquitteroyt	aquitterions, aquitteryons	aquitteriez, aquitteryez	aquitteroient, aquitteroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	aquitte	aquittes	aquitte	aquittons	aquittez	aquittent
	imperfect	aquittasse	aquittasses	aquittast	aquittassions	aquittassiez	aquittassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	aquitte	—	aquittons	aquittez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

See also

• acquitter