Italian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin orbāre, derived from orbus (deprived).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /orˈba.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: or‧bà‧re

Verb

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orbàre (first-person singular present òrbo, first-person singular past historic orbài, past participle orbàto, auxiliary avére) (literary)

  1. (transitive) to deprive, to bereave (someone) [with di ‘of a loved one’]
  2. (transitive, uncommon) to deprive (someone) [with di ‘of sight, one's eyes’]
  3. (transitive, uncommon) to blind (someone)
    Synonym: accecare

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • orbare 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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orbāre

  1. inflection of orbō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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