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Italian
Etymology
From a- + peste + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ap.peˈsta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ap‧pe‧stà‧re
Verb
appestàre (first-person singular present appèsto, first-person singular past historic appestài, past participle appestàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, literally) to infect with the plague
- (transitive) to infect (in general)
- (transitive, figuratively) to pollute, to foul (of a stench)
- (transitive, figuratively) to corrupt, to spoil morally, to plague
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