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acquitter

/a.ki.te/

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verb/a.ki.te/

to pay; to acknowledge (a signal), to notify the receipt of; to clear, to acquit; to discharge, to complete (one's duty)

“La jeune femme fit de réels efforts pour s'acquitter sérieusement de la corvée.” — The young woman made real serious efforts to finish her chores.

Inherited from Old French acquiter, from Medieval Latin acquitāre, adquietāre (“to pay a debt”), from ad- + quitare (“to set free”), from Late Latin quietāre.