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imbastire

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Italian

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Etymology

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From im- +‎ bastire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /im.baˈsti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: im‧ba‧stì‧re

Verb

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imbastìre (first-person singular present imbastìsco, first-person singular past historic imbastìi, past participle imbastìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (sewing) to baste or tack (to sew with long stitches, for temporary use)
  2. (hatmaking) to wind the pile onto the basting drum
  3. (by extension) to mount (a construction) temporarily
  4. to outline (a speech, etc.)
  5. to fix, to settle on (a plan of attack, a prank, etc.)
  6. (shipbuilding) to begin construction of (a ship)
    Synonym: impostare

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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