Italian

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Etymology

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From s- +‎ pedante +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spe.danˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: spe‧dan‧tì‧re

Verb

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  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

spedantìre (first-person singular present spedantìsco, first-person singular past historic spedantìi, past participle spedantìto, auxiliary avére) (rare)

  1. (transitive) to cause to become less pedantic
    Antonym: impedantire

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

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