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Latin
Etymology
From ad- (“near, at; towards, to”) + aperiō (“uncover; open”).
Pronunciation
Verb
adaperiō (present infinitive adaperīre, perfect active adaperuī, supine adapertum); fourth conjugation
- to open fully, throw open
- Synonyms: aperiō, patefaciō
- Antonyms: operiō, claudō, inclūdō, interclūdō, arceō, obserō, intersaepiō
- (figuratively) to uncover, bare; reveal, expose
- Synonyms: aperiō, patefaciō
- Antonyms: vēlō, dissimulō, occultō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, occulō, condō, recondō, verrō, obruō, adoperiō, nūbō, tegō, abdō, abscondō, cooperiō, premō, opprimō, mergō
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References
- “adaperio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adaperio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adaperio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.