Italian

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ gentile +‎ -ire.

Verb

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ingentilìre (first-person singular present ingentilìsco, first-person singular past historic ingentilìi, past participle ingentilìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to refine or civilize
  2. (transitive, agriculture) to artificially select
  3. (transitive, literary) to adorn [with di ‘with’]
  4. (intransitive, rare) to become kind/kinder or (more) refined [auxiliary essere]
  5. (intransitive, archaic) to become noble, to ennoble oneself [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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