From Middle English achatour, from Old French acater (“purchase”).
acater (plural acaters)
From Old Northern French acater, from Vulgar Latin *accaptāre (“accept, purchase”). Compare French acheter.
acater
acater
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | acater | avoir acaté | |||||
gerund | en acatant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | acatant | ||||||
past participle | acaté | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | acat | acates | acate | acatons | acatez | acatent |
imperfect | acatoie, acateie, acatoe, acateve | acatoies, acateies, acatoes, acateves | acatoit, acateit, acatot, acateve | acatiiens, acatiens | acatiiez, acatiez | acatoient, acateient, acatoent, acatevent | |
preterite | acatai | acatas | acata | acatames | acatastes | acaterent | |
future | acaterai | acateras | acatera | acaterons | acateroiz, acatereiz, acaterez | acateront | |
conditional | acateroie, acatereie | acateroies, acatereies | acateroit, acatereit | acateriiens, acateriens | acateriiez, acateriez | acateroient, acatereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | acat | acaz | acat | acatons | acatez | acatent |
imperfect | acatasse | acatasses | acatast | acatissons, acatissiens | acatissoiz, acatissez, acatissiez | acatassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | acate | — | acatons | acatez | — |
From Old Northern French acater, from Vulgar Latin *accaptāre (“accept, purchase”). Compare French acheter.
acater
infinitive | acater | ||||||
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gerund | acatint | ||||||
auxiliary | avoèr | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | acatè | acatèe | |||||
plural | acatès | acatèes | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | ej (j') | tu (t') | i (il)/ale | (n)os | os | is | |
present | acate | acates | acate | acatons | acatez | acatte | |
imperfect | acatoé | acatoés | acatoét | acatoinmes | acatoètes | acatoètte | |
future | acatrai acatro |
acatros | acatro | acatrons | acatrez | acatront | |
conditional | acatroé | acatroés | acatroét | acatroinmes | acatroètes | acatroètte | |
subjunctive | qu'ej (j') | qu'tu (t') | qu'i (il)/ale | qu'(n)os | qu'os | qu'is | |
present | acate | acates | acate | acatonche | acatèche | acatte | |
imperative | — | tu | — | (n)os | os | — | |
affirmative | acate | acatons | acatez |