Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Adombrá-re, v. a.
1. to shade, place in the shade, overshadow; 2. to fancy, imagine; 3. to sketch, to draw with a pencil; v. n. & r. 1. to take umbrage, to be offended; 2. to be frightened.— ne' ragnatelli, to be frightened at one's shadow; s. m. Adombrá-tóre, f. Adombrá-tríce; adj. Adombrá-nte.
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adombrare: to shade, to shadow, to ouershadow a picture. Also to start or giue back for feare as some horses. Also to suspect or mistrust and as we say to take pepper in the nose. Also to couer, to hide a thing or meaning, or to figure a matter, to glance at any thing in speech.