Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dirimere (to divide, pull apart, separate, break up, dissolve; interrupt, delay).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diˈri.me.re/
  • Rhymes: -imere
  • Hyphenation: di‧rì‧me‧re

Verb

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dirìmere (first-person singular present dirìmo, first-person singular past historic (rare) dirimétti or (ditto, traditional) dirimètti, no past participle) (transitive)

  1. to cut short
  2. to sort out
  3. (figurative) to dispel

Conjugation

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Latin

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Verb

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dirimēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of dirimō

Verb

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dirimere

  1. inflection of dirimō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative