absolver
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Noun edit
absolver (plural absolvers)
- Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves. [First attested in the late 16th century.][1]
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
- […] how hast thou the heart,
Being a divine, a ghostly confessor,
A sin-absolver, and my friend profess’d,
To mangle me with that word ‘banished’?
- 1684, Richard Baxter, Whether Parish Congregations Be True Christian Churches[1], London: Thomas Parkhurst, page 2:
- […] few men dislike the Lay-Excommunicators and Absolvers more than I do […]
Translations edit
one who absolves
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References edit
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absolver”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
Aragonese edit
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absolver
- (transitive) to absolve
Galician edit
Verb edit
absolver (first-person singular present absolvo, first-person singular preterite absolvín, past participle absolvido, short past participle absolto)
- (transitive) to absolve
- (transitive) to acquit
- Synonym: exculpar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of absolver (irregular short past participle)
Reintegrated conjugation of absolver (irregular short past participle) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
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Further reading edit
- “absolver” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “absolver” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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absolver
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Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin absolvere.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
absolver (first-person singular present absolvo, first-person singular preterite absolvi, past participle absolvido)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of absolver (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin absolvere and adapted to the conjugations of the native solver.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /absolˈbeɾ/ [aβ̞.solˈβ̞eɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: ab‧sol‧ver
Verb edit
absolver (first-person singular present absuelvo, first-person singular preterite absolví, past participle absuelto)
- (transitive) to absolve
- (transitive) to acquit
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of absolver (irregular; o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “absolver”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014