Italian

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Latin percipere (compare the more likely inherited Old Italian form percevere; cf. also ricevere from recipere).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /per.t͡ʃeˈpi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: per‧ce‧pì‧re

Verb

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percepìre (first-person singular present percepìsco, first-person singular past historic percepìi, past participle percepìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to sense, perceive, to notice, to understand
  2. to receive (a sum of money)

Conjugation

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