Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin circumfluere, with change of conjugation.

Verb

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circonfluìre (first-person singular present circonfluìsco, first-person singular past historic circonfluìi, past participle circonfluìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (rare, literary)

  1. (transitive) to flow around (an obstacle) (of air or water)
  2. (intransitive) to flow around (of air or water) [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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