acquiter

Middle French

Verb

acquiter

(reflexive, s'acquiter de) to act; to do
- circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
  je m'en acquiteray a mon leal povoir et de bon ceur

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		acquiter			avoir acquité
gerund		en acquitant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		acquitant
past participle		acquité
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (may be i' before a vowel)	tu	il	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	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	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 ie	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	acquite	acquites	acquite	acquitons	acquitez	acquitent
simple tenses	imperfect	acquitasse	acquitasses	acquitast	acquitassions	acquitassiez	acquitassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	acquite	—	acquitons	acquitez	—

References

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

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