- quatir
- Quatir, ac. voyez Catir. Il vient de ce verbe Latin, Quatio, quatere.
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squat — I. verb (squatted; squatting) Etymology: Middle English squatten to crush, crouch in hiding, from Middle French (Picard dialect) esquatir, escuater, from Old French es ex + quatir to hide, from Vulgar Latin *coactire to squeeze, alteration of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
squat — squatly, adv. squatness, n. /skwot/, v., squatted or squat, squatting, adj., squatter, squattest, n. v.i. 1. to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body; sit on one s haunches or heels. 2.… … Universalium
squatter — [ skwate ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • 1969; angl. amér. to squat 1 ♦ Occuper illégalement (une habitation vide). On dit aussi SQUATTÉRISER <conjug. : 1> . « l immeuble vétuste dont les bohémiens avaient squattérisé le sous sol » (Le… … Encyclopédie Universelle
σκουώτερς — οι, Ν (στην Αυστραλία τού 19ου αιώνα) παράνομοι κάτοχοι τών βασιλικών βοσκοτόπων που βρίσκονταν έξω από την προκαθορισμένη περιοχή εποικισμού. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < αγγλ. squatters < squat < μσν. γαλλ. esquater / esquatir (< es [< λατ. ex «εκ … Dictionary of Greek
squat — squat1 [skɔwt US skwa:t] v past tense and past participle squatted present participle squatting ↑jeans [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: esquatir, from quatir [i] to press , from Vulgar Latin coactire to press together , from Latin cogere;… … Dictionary of contemporary English
squat — [13] Someone who squats is etymologically ‘forced together’ – and indeed the verb originally meant ‘squash, flatten’ in English (‘This stone shall fall on such men, and squat them all to powder’, John Wyclif, Sermons 1380). Not until the early… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
squat — (v.) early 15c., crouch on the heels, from O.Fr. esquatir press down, lay flat, crush, from es out (from L. ex ) + O.Fr. quatir press down, flatten, from V.L. *coactire press together, force, from L. coactus, pp. of cogere to compel, curdle,… … Etymology dictionary
squat — [[t]skwɒt[/t]] v. squat•ted, squat•ting, 1) to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body 2) to crouch, as an animal 3) law to occupy property or settle land as a squatter 4) to cause to… … From formal English to slang
squat — [c]/skwɒt / (say skwot) verb (squatted or squat, squatting) –verb (i) 1. to assume a posture close to the ground with the knees bent and the back more or less straight resting either on the balls of the feet, or with feet flat. 2. to crouch or… …
catir — Catir, act. acut. (qu on devroit pour son origine escrire Quatir: car il vient de Quatio Latin) Est en frappant ou ramenant quelque chose qui donne coup, serrer et presser une chose à une autre. Ainsi les Tisserans de draps ou de toiles, disent:… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
