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Webster 1913 Edition
Hurter
Hurt′er
,Noun.
1.
A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like.
The pains of sickness and
hurts
. . . all men feel. Locke.
2.
An injury causing pain of mind or conscience; a slight; a stain; as of sin.
But the jingling of the guinea helps the
hurt
that Honor feels. Tennyson.
3.
Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief.
Syn. – Wound; bruise; injury; harm; damage; loss; detriment; mischief; bane; disadvantage.
Hurt′er
,Noun.
One who hurts or does harm.
I shall not be a
hurter
, if no helper. Beau. & Fl.
Hurt′er
,Noun.
A butting piece; a strengthening piece, esp.:
– (Mil.)
A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun carriages from injuring the parapet. Hurt′ful-ly
, adv.
Hurt′ful-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hurter
HURT'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
hurter
hurter
English
Noun
hurter (plural hurters)
- One who hurts or does harm.
- Beaumont and Fletcher
- I shall not be a hurter, if no helper.
- Beaumont and Fletcher
- A beam on a gun-platform that prevents damage from the wheels of a gun-carriage
- 2000, Emory L. Kemp, The Great Kanawha Navigation, page 60:
- For this reason the board deferred judgment until these hurters and associated tripping beams were tested in practice
-
Old French
Etymology
Frankish *hurton.
Verb
hurter
- to crash into; to clatter into
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
- qu'ert d'antre les altres sevree,
si l'a ferue et si hurtee
- qu'ert d'antre les altres sevree,
- circa 1220, Guillaume de Lorris, Le Roman de la Rose:
- Elle se rompoit et batoit
Et ses poingz ensemble hurtoit.
- Elle se rompoit et batoit
-
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 hurter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | hurter | avoir hurté | |||||
gerund | en hurtant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | hurtant | ||||||
past participle | hurté | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | hurt | hurtes | hurte | hurtons | hurtez | hurtent |
imperfect | hurtoie, hurteie, hurtoe, hurteve | hurtoies, hurteies, hurtoes, hurteves | hurtoit, hurteit, hurtot, hurteve | hurtiiens, hurtiens | hurtiiez, hurtiez | hurtoient, hurteient, hurtoent, hurtevent | |
preterite | hurtai | hurtas | hurta | hurtames | hurtastes | hurterent | |
future | hurterai | hurteras | hurtera | hurterons | hurteroiz, hurtereiz, hurterez | hurteront | |
conditional | hurteroie, hurtereie | hurteroies, hurtereies | hurteroit, hurtereit | hurteriiens, hurteriens | hurteriiez, hurteriez | hurteroient, hurtereient | |
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 | hurt | hurz | hurt | hurtons | hurtez | hurtent |
imperfect | hurtasse | hurtasses | hurtast | hurtissons, hurtissiens | hurtissoiz, hurtissez, hurtissiez | hurtassent | |
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 | – | |
— | hurte | — | hurtons | hurtez | — |
Descendants
- French: heurter