Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French épurer (purify).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.puˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: e‧pu‧rà‧re

Verb

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epuràre (first-person singular present epùro, first-person singular past historic epurài, past participle epuràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to purify
  2. (transitive) to prune, to cull (an administration, office, company)
  3. (transitive) to expurgate (a book)
  4. (transitive) to purge (someone) (from an organization)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

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Romanian

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Etymology

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From epura +‎ -re.

Noun

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epurare f (plural epurări)

  1. purge

Declension

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