allevo

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See also: allevò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈlɛ.vo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛvo
  • Hyphenation: al‧lè‧vo

Verb

allevo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of allevare

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Latin

Etymology 1

From ad- +‎ levō (lift up, raise), from levis (light).

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Verb

allevō (present infinitive allevāre, perfect active allevāvī, supine allevātum); first conjugation

  1. to lift or set up, raise
    Synonyms: levō, ēlevō, ērigō, excellō, tollō, ēvehō, scandō, efferō, surgō, ēdō, sublīmō
    Antonyms: dēiciō, abiciō
  2. (figuratively) to lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate, reduce
    Synonyms: lēniō, dēlēniō, commītigō, plācō, mānsuēscō, mānsuētō, restinguō, mītigō, levō, alleviō, molliō
    Antonyms: dūrō, obdūrō
  3. (figuratively) to sustain, comfort, console
  4. (figuratively) to raise up, make distinguished; enhance
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Descendants
  • Corsican: addivà
  • Italian: allevare
  • Sicilian: aḍḍivari

Etymology 2

From ad- +‎ lēvō (make smooth), from lēvis (smooth).

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allēvō (present infinitive allēvāre, perfect active allēvāvī, supine allēvātum); first conjugation

  1. to make smooth, smooth off or over
    Synonyms: lēvō, lēvigō
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References

  • allevo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • allevo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.