esanimare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin exanimāre.
Verb edit
esanimàre (first-person singular present esànimo, first-person singular past historic esanimài, past participle esanimàto, auxiliary avére) (literary, transitive, uncommon)
- to discourage; to dishearten
- Synonyms: avvilire, demoralizzare; see also Thesaurus:abbattere
- to deprive of strength or force; to weaken
- Synonyms: debilitare, spossare; see also Thesaurus:indebolire
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of esanimàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- esanimare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana