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solere (plural soleres)

  1. Alternative form of soler
    • 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter VII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. [], volume I, Edinburgh: [] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. [], →OCLC, page 101:
      The cup-bearer shrugged his shoulders in displeasure. "I thought to have lodged him in the solere chamber," said he; "but since he is so unsocial to Christians, e'en let him take the next stall to Isaac the Jew's.— [...]"

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for solere”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Etymology edit

From Latin solēre (to be accustomed).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /soˈle.re/
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: so‧lé‧re
  • (file)

Verb edit

solére (first-person singular present sòglio, first-person singular past historic (rare) soléi, past participle sòlito, no future, no imperative, auxiliary èssere)

  1. (intransitive, also impersonal) to be used to [+infinitive]
    • 2020 September 30, Federico Rampini, “Il presidente Trump e la strategia della rissa nel dibattito. Così conta di recuperare lo svantaggio [President Trmup and the strategy of fighting in the debate. This is how he counts on making up for the disadvantage]”, in la Repubblica[1]:
      La più antica liberaldemocrazia della storia, quella che un tempo soleva chiamarsi "la guida del mondo libero", è in una delle fasi tristi della sua storia e il dibattito di Cleveland ne ha dato ulteriore conferma.
      The most ancient liberal democracy in history, the one that once used to call itself "the leader of the free world", is in one of the sad phases of its history and the debate in Cleveland further confirmed it.

Usage notes edit

  • Normally used only in the present and imperfect indicative and sometimes the corresponding subjunctive forms. Remaining forms are expressed using the locution essere solito.

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sōlēre

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of sōlor

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solēre

  1. present active infinitive of soleō