alpreni

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Etymology

From al- +‎ preni.

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  • Rhymes: -eni
  • Hyphenation: al‧pre‧ni

Verb

alpreni (present alprenas, past alprenis, future alprenos, conditional alprenus, volitive alprenu)

  1. to adopt, take up, assume; to take on, exhibit
    Lastatempe ŝi alprenis malhelpeman sintenon.
    She has adopted an uncooperative attitude lately.
    Lia vizaĝo alprenis gravan esprimon.
    His face took on a serious expression.
    • Heinrich August Luyken, Stranga heredaĵo, Ĉapitro 1,
      sub nova, laŭleĝe alprenita nomo
      under a new, legally assumed name
    • Samuel Meyer (translator), Vojaĝo interne de mia ĉambro (Voyage autour de ma chambre) by Xavier de Maistre, Chapter 1,
      Mi estas certa, ke ĉiu homo saĝa alprenos mian sistemon, kiaj ajn estas liaj karaktero kaj temperamento
      Every man of sense will, I am sure, adopt my system, whatever may be his peculiar character or temperament. (H. Attwell translation, Hurd & Houghton, 1871)
  2. to accept
    • Vladimir Varankin, Metropoliteno,
      kial li alprenis koruptaĵojn?
      why did he accept bribes?

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