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Forms: spegnere (data provider: created dynamically cause no lemma is available)
Dictionary
Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Spégn-ere, v. a. (pass. spen-si, Spégn-se, Spégn-sero, part.Spégn-to ,)
1. to extinguish, destroy, annihilate; 2. to extirpate, uproot (as grass or weeds); 3. to extinguish, root out, abolish, destroy, exterminate;4. to extinguish, put out, quench.— il fuoco, la candela, &c., to put out the fire, the candle, &c. — di vita, to kill, extinguish life, murder. — la calcina, to put water upon quick-lime. — la sete, to quench the thirst. — l'ira, to appease anger; v. n. 1. to cease;2. to become less; 3. to become cancelled; 4. to fail; 5. to fail, die upon the lips (said of the voice); 6. to become extinct, fail in the succession (said of families); s. m. Spégn-itore,f. Spégn-itríce.
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