assopire
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French assoupir, re-Latinized from Old French assouvir, from Vulgar Latin *assōpīre, from Latin sōpīre (“to put to sleep”).
Verb
[edit]assopìre (first-person singular present assopìsco, first-person singular past historic assopìi, past participle assopìto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to make sleepy, to make drowsy
- (transitive, figurative) to soothe, to calm, to mitigate
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of assopìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
[edit]- assopimento
- assopirsi (“to doze off”)