acquiter

Middle French

Verb

acquiter

1. (reflexive, s'acquiter de) to act; to do
   • c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:

     je m'en acquiteray a mon leal povoir et de bon ceur

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of acquiter

infinitive	simple	acquiter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	acquitant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		acquité
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	acquite	acquites	acquite	acquitons	acquitez	acquitent
	imperfect	acquitois, acquitoys	acquitois, acquitoys	acquitoit, acquitoyt	acquitions, acquityons	acquitiez, acquityez	acquitoient, acquitoyent
	past historic	acquita	acquitas	acquita	acquitasmes	acquitastes	acquiterent
	future	acquiterai, acquiteray	acquiteras	acquitera	acquiterons	acquiterez	acquiteront
	conditional	acquiterois, acquiteroys	acquiterois, acquiteroys	acquiteroit, acquiteroyt	acquiterions, acquiteryons	acquiteriez, acquiteryez	acquiteroient, acquiteroyent
(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	acquite	acquites	acquite	acquitons	acquitez	acquitent
	imperfect	acquitasse	acquitasses	acquitast	acquitassions	acquitassiez	acquitassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	acquite	—	acquitons	acquitez	—
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).

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (aquiter)