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intossicare

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin intoxicāre, from Latin toxicāre, verb based on Latin toxicum (poison). By surface analysis, in- +‎ tossico (poison) +‎ -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.tos.siˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧tos‧si‧cà‧re

Verb

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intossicàre (first-person singular present intòssico, first-person singular past historic intossicài, past participle intossicàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, medicine) to poison
  2. (transitive, medicine) to intoxicate
  3. (transitive, figurative) to corrupt morally, to spoil

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

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