Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin inclūdere. Doublet of includere, which was borrowed. By surface analysis, in- +‎ chiudere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /inˈkju.de.re/
  • Rhymes: -udere
  • Hyphenation: in‧chiù‧de‧re

Verb

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inchiùdere (first-person singular present inchiùdo, first-person singular past historic inchiùsi, past participle inchiùso, auxiliary avére) (archaic, transitive)

  1. to lock in (to secure in a locked enclosure)
    Synonym: rinchiudere
  2. (figurative) to enclose, contain
    Synonym: contenere
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXX, page 534, lines 10–12:
      Non altrimenti il trïunfo che lude ¶ sempre dintorno al punto che mi vinse, ¶ parendo inchiuso da quel ch'elli inchiude
      Not otherwise the Triumph, which for ever plays round about the point that vanquished me, seeming enclosed by what itself encloses

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • inchiudere in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication