cauterizer

English

Etymology

From 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.

Derived terms

• electrocauterizer

Anagrams

• creaturize

Middle French

Alternative forms

• cauteriser

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