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acquitacquit /əˈkwɪt/ verb (acquitted, acquitting) ETYMOLOGYacquitOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French acquiter, from quite free of VERB TABLEacquit |
Present | I, you, we, they | acquit | | he, she, it | acquits | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | acquitted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have acquitted | | he, she, it | has acquitted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had acquitted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will acquit | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have acquitted |
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Present | I | am acquitting | | he, she, it | is acquitting | | you, we, they | are acquitting | Past | I, he, she, it | was acquitting | | you, we, they | were acquitting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been acquitting | | he, she, it | has been acquitting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been acquitting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be acquitting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been acquitting |
► acquit somebody of something Bennett was acquitted of murder. 1[transitive usually passive] law to give a decision in a court of law that someone is not guilty of a crime OPP convict: All the defendants were acquitted.acquit somebody of something Bennett was acquitted of murder.2acquit yourself well/honorably etc. formal to do something well, especially something difficult that you do for the first time in front of other people: Although Perkins isn’t known as a singer, he acquits himself admirably on this CD. [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French acquiter, from quite free of] |