incrudelire

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Italian

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ crudele +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.kru.deˈli.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧cru‧de‧lì‧re

Verb

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incrudelìre (first-person singular present incrudelìsco, first-person singular past historic incrudelìi, past participle incrudelìto, auxiliary (transitive, also intransitive in the sense "to act cruelly or violently") avére or (intransitive in the sense "to become cruel") èssere)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) to make cruel or pitiless
  2. (transitive, archaic) to harden (metal)
    Synonym: incrudire
  3. (transitive, archaic, figurative) to make more harsh or severe
    Synonyms: incrudire, rincrudire
  4. (intransitive) to become (more) cruel or pitiless [auxiliary essere]
  5. (intransitive) to commit cruel acts, to act violently, to rage [with su ‘against’] [auxiliary avere]
  6. (intransitive, figurative, literary) to act cruelly or violently (of a disease, fate, etc.) [with su ‘towards’] [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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