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cauterizer

cauterizer

English

Noun

cauterizer ‎(plural cauterizers)

  1. One who, or that which, cauterizes.
    • 2007 April 3, Charles Mcgrath, “Atul Gawande Rocks in the O.R.”, in New York Times:
      Various wands and clippers and cauterizers went into other little holes, and while watching the screens, the two doctors moved them around as if working joysticks on a video game.

Middle French

Etymology

Old French cauteriser.

Verb

cauterizer

  1. (figuratively) to toughen; to harden
    • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais
      Je ne croy pas qu'une ame cauterizée sçeut contrefaire une telle assurance

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of cauterizer
simple compound
infinitive cauterizer avoir cauterizé
gerund en cauterizant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle cauterizant
past participle cauterizé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present cauterize cauterizes cauterize cauterizons cauterizez cauterizent
imperfect cauterizois, cauterizoys cauterizois, cauterizoys cauterizoit, cauterizoyt cauterizions, cauterizyons cauteriziez, cauterizyez cauterizoient, cauterizoyent
past historic cauteriza cauterizas cauteriza cauterizasmes cauterizastes cauterizerent
future cauterizerai, cauterizeray cauterizeras cauterizera cauterizerons cauterizerez cauterizeront
conditional cauterizerois, cauterizeroys cauterizerois, cauterizeroys cauterizeroit, cauterizeroyt cauterizerions, cauterizeryons cauterizeriez, cauterizeryez cauterizeroient, cauterizeroyent
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 cauterize cauterizes cauterize cauterizons cauterizez cauterizent
imperfect cauterizasse cauterizasses cauterizast cauterizassions cauterizassiez cauterizassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— cauterize — cauterizons cauterizez —

Etymology

cauterize +‎ -er

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