aquerre

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *acquaerō, acquaerere, acquaerāre, from Latin acquirō, from ad (“to, towards”) + quaerō (“to seek”).

Verb

aquerre

to acquire

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem aquier distinct from the unstressed stem aquer, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of aquerre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		aquerre			avoir aquis
gerund		en aquerant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		aquerant
past participle		aquis
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	aquier	aquiers	aquiert	aquerons	aquerez	aquierent
	imperfect	aqueroie, aquereie	aqueroies, aquereies	aqueroit, aquereit	aqueriiens, aqueriens	aqueriiez, aqueriez	aqueroient, aquereient
	preterite	aquis	aqueṣis	aquist	aqueṣimes	aqueṣistes	aquisdrent
	future	aquerrai	aquerras	aquerra	aquerrons	aquerroiz, aquerreiz, aquerrez	aquerront
	conditional	aquerroie, aquerreie	aquerroies, aquerreies	aquerroit, aquerreit	aquerriiens, aquerriens	aquerriiez, aquerriez	aquerroient, aquerreient
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	aquiere, aquierge	aquieres, aquierges	aquiere, aquierge	aquerons, aquiergiens, aquierjons	aquerez, aquiergiez	aquierent, aquiergent
simple tenses	imperfect	aqueṣisse	aqueṣisses	aqueṣist	aqueṣissons, aqueṣissiens	aqueṣissoiz, aqueṣissez, aqueṣissiez	aqueṣissent
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	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	aquier	—	aquerons	aquerez	—

Related terms

acquest

Descendants

English: to acquire
Middle French: acquerir
- French: acquérir

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