Italian

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Etymology

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From a- (to, towards) +‎ bica (haystack) +‎ -are (1st-conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ab.biˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ab‧bi‧cà‧re

Verb

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abbicàre (first-person singular present abbìco, first-person singular past historic abbicài, past participle abbicàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to collect in heaps
  2. (by extension, transitive) to amass

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • abbicare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana