Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin assidēre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /asˈsi.de.re/
  • Rhymes: -idere
  • Hyphenation: as‧sì‧de‧re

Verb

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assìdere (first-person singular present assìdo, first-person singular past historic assìsi, past participle assìso, auxiliary avére) (literary, archaic, transitive)

  1. to seat (to make sit)
  2. to besiege, to lay siege to
    Synonyms: assediare, cingere d'assedio

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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assidēre

  1. present active infinitive of assideō

Descendants

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  • English: assiduous, via assiduus
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