cauterizer

English

Etymology

cauterize +‎ -er

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.

Anagrams

Middle French

Alternative forms

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
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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
infinitive simple cauterizer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple cauterizant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle cauterizé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle 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 present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cauterize — cauterizons cauterizez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants
  • French: cautériser
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.