Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dīvellere (to rend or tear apart).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diˈvɛl.le.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛllere
  • Hyphenation: di‧vèl‧le‧re

Verb

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divèllere (first-person singular present divèllo or divèlgo, first-person singular past historic divèlsi, past participle divèlto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to uproot or to pull up
  2. (transitive) to eradicate, to extirpate

Conjugation

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Including lesser-used forms:

Latin

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Verb

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dīvellēre

  1. inflection of dīvellō:
    1. third-person plural perfect active indicative
    2. second-person singular future passive indicative

Verb

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dīvellere

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