abandoner

English

Etymology

abandon +‎ -er.

Noun

abandoner (plural abandoners)

  1. One who abandons. [Late 16th century.][1]
    • 1595, Francis Sabie, The Fissher-mans Tale of the Famous Actes, Life and Loue of Cassander a Grecian Knight, London,
      Sin-hating powers, reformers of all vice,
      Abandoners of euil and cruell actes,
      Cease to pursue with weapons of reuenge,
      Mine haynous and intollerable fact.
    • 1634, John Fletcher and William Shakespeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen, London: John Waterson, Act V, Scene 1, p. 74,
      […] cold and constant Queene,
      Abandoner of Revells, mute contemplative,
    • 1990, David Foster Wallace, “The Empty Plenum: David Markson’s Wittgenstein’s Mistress” in Both Flesh and Not, New York: Little, Brown, 2012,
      […] Kate’s been left in the emotional lurch by all sorts of objectifying men, psychic abandoners who range from her husband […] to her final lover […]

Translations

References
  1. “abandoner” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

Old French

Etymology

From abandon, abandun; or from à ban doner, from Frankish *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną.

Verb

abandoner

  1. to abandon

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of abandoner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive abandoner avoir abandoné
gerund en abandonant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle abandonant
past participle abandoné
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present abandon abandones abandone abandonons abandonez abandonent
imperfect abandonoie, abandoneie, abandonoe, abandoneve abandonoies, abandoneies, abandonoes, abandoneves abandonoit, abandoneit, abandonot, abandoneve abandoniiens, abandoniens abandoniiez, abandoniez abandonoient, abandoneient, abandonoent, abandonevent
preterite abandonai abandonas abandona abandonames abandonastes abandonerent
future abandonerai abandoneras abandonera abandonerons abandoneroiz, abandonereiz, abandonerez abandoneront
conditional abandoneroie, abandonereie abandoneroies, abandonereies abandoneroit, abandonereit abandoneriiens, abandoneriens abandoneriiez, abandoneriez abandoneroient, abandonereient
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 abandon abandons abandont abandonons abandonez abandonent
imperfect abandonasse abandonasses abandonast abandonissons, abandonissiens abandonissoiz, abandonissez, abandonissiez abandonassent
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 –
— abandone — abandonons abandonez —

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