immillare
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Italian
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly coined by poet Dante Alighieri, derived from im- + mille (“one thousand”) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]immillàre (first-person singular present immìllo, first-person singular past historic immillài, past participle immillàto, auxiliary avére)
- (literary, transitive) to increase thousandfold, to multiply indefinitely
- 1845, Antonio Rosmini, Teodicea, Boniardi-Pogliani, page 328:
- […] ordine e armonia che facendo riuscire da più individui un tutto, centuplica, anzi immilla il bene creato.
- […] order and harmony that, by making a whole out of many individuals, multiply the created good hundredfold, nay, thousandfold.
- 1911, Guido Gozzano, “L'amica di nonna Speranza”, in I colloqui:
- […] il gran lampadario vetusto che pende a mezzo il salone ¶ e immilla nel quarzo le buone cose di pessimo gusto, […]
- […] the great ancient chandelier hanging at the center of the hall ¶ multiplying the good things of dreadful taste in its quartz […]
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of immillàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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