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Acater
Webster 1828 Edition
Acater
ACATER
, ACATES. See Caterer and Cates.Definition 2024
acater
acater
See also: acatèr
Norman
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Northern French acater (compare Old French achater), from Vulgar Latin *accaptāre, from Latin ad + captāre, present active infinitive of captō (“I strive to seize, catch or grasp at”).
Pronunciation
Verb
acater
Antonyms
- vendre (“to sell”)
Derived terms
- acateux (“buyer”)
Related terms
- acat (“purchase”)
Old French
Verb
acater
Conjugation
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.
Conjugation of acater (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | acater | avoir acaté | |||||
| gerund | en acatant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | 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 preterite 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 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 | 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 | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | acate | — | acatons | acatez | — | ||
Picard
Etymology
From Old French acater, northern variant of Old French achater, from Vulgar Latin *accaptāre, from Latin ad + captō, captāre.
Verb
acater
- to buy