accomplir French · revision 17635

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /a.kɔ̃.pliʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''accomplir'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French [[m|fro|acomplir]], [[m|fro|acumplir]].^(Wiktionary)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|a-|complir]], a prefixed form (1121) of the old verb [[m|fro|complir|t=to complete]] (10th century).^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) The old verb continues [[la-vul|*compliō]], from Latin [[m|la|compleō|t=to fill up]], with a change of conjugation like that of the Latin verb that gave [[tenir]].^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|2, 980b) It is related to [[complet]] and [[complies]].^(Littré 1873)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ Compare [[it|compiere]] and [[m|it|accompiere]], and [[pro|complir]] and [[m|pro|accomplir]], with the same meanings.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Bloch and Wartburg and the GLLF date it to the end of the 10th century; the DHLF's first record is 1121, as a religious term meaning to fulfil the divine promise.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Used at first in religion, the verb was immediately used in lay contexts for carrying out a promise and, from the mid-12th century, for executing something in general and finishing an action; these senses are still alive.^(DHLF 1992) The senses “to complete something” (1329) and “to provide someone with something” have disappeared.^(DHLF 1992) In Old French it was also used for completing a period of time or reaching an age: ''Puis fu set ans acomplis et entiers''.^(Littré 1873)^(AND)

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+ The participle [[accompli]] became an adjective meaning perfect, fully achieved (about 1200), and the noun [[accomplissement]] dates from 1214.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 10th century – The simple verb ''complir''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1121 – ''Acomplir'', of fulfilling the divine promise.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * Mid-12th century – “To carry out, finish”.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * c. 1200 – The adjective ''accompli'' “perfect”.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1214 – ''Accomplissement''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1329 – “To complete” (now obsolete).^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To carry out to the end, [[m|en|accomplish]]: ''accomplir une mission'', ''accomplir des exploits'', ''mission accomplie''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To do, carry out (what was planned, ordered or promised); to fulfil: ''accomplir son devoir''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # To serve, complete (a period): ''accomplir une peine de prison''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''S'accomplir'': to be fulfilled, come true: ''la prophétie s'est accomplie''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accomplissement]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accompli]]

+ * [[complet]]

+ * [[la|compleō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}