Italian

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ selvatico +‎ -ire.

Verb

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inselvatichìre (first-person singular present inselvatichìsco, first-person singular past historic inselvatichìi, past participle inselvatichìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to become wild or feral (of an animal) [auxiliary essere]
  2. (intransitive) to become rough and unsociable (of a person) [auxiliary essere]
  3. (intransitive) to return to the wild state (of a plant, field, etc.) [auxiliary essere]
  4. (transitive) to make (an animal) wild or feral
  5. (transitive) to make (a person) rough and unsociable
  6. (transitive) to cause (a plant, a field, etc.) to return to the wild state

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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