Italian edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /as.serˈvi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: as‧ser‧vì‧re

Verb edit

asservìre (first-person singular present asservìsco, first-person singular past historic asservìi, past participle asservìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to enslave
  2. (transitive) to subdue (the spirit)
  3. (transitive, figurative) to subordinate
  4. (transitive, mechanical engineering) to link (two elements of a mechanism)

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Verb edit

asservīre

  1. present active infinitive of asserviō