Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Affogáre, v. a.
1. to stifle, strangle. — nell' acqua, to drown. Bisogna bere o —, there's no retreating. — una fanciulla, to marry a girl badly. — una cosa, to conceal, suppress a thing; 2. to destroy, lay waste, devastate; v. n.to die by strangulation. — nelle faccende, ne' debiti, to be overwhelmed with business, debts;v. r. to soak up, imbibe; — in un bicchier d' acqua, to despond at trifles. — di sete, to be dying with thirst.
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affogare: to stifle, to smother, to choake. Also to drowne.