attempare

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Italian

Etymology

From a- +‎ tempo (time) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /at.temˈpa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: at‧tem‧pà‧re

Verb

attempàre (first-person singular present attèmpo, first-person singular past historic attempài, past participle attempàto, auxiliary èssere)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) to grow old
    Synonym: invecchiare
    • 14th c., Fazio degli Uberti, Dittamondo, Venice: Giuseppe Antonelli, published 1835, Book 1, Chapter 3, page 7:
      E però la tua voglia qui sia stretta,
      Tanto che attempi il sol, che vien novello
      And so, let your desire be restrained here, long enough that the sun, arising anew, grows old.
    • 14th c., Ristoro Canigiani, Il ristorato, Florence: Tipografia Galileiana, published 1847, chapter 31, page 76:
      E quanto più nel mondo d'anni attempo,
      L’un dì che l'altro più chiaro conosco,
      Che chi l'ha tardi in sè, l'ha ben per tempo.
      And the more I grow old with years in this world, the clearer it is, each passing day, that he who has it late, has it in good time.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) to advance in time
    • 18th c., Anton Maria Salvini, “Tu, che mai fatto, il Tutto sempre fai”, in Scelta di sonetti con varie critiche osservazioni, published 1822, page 183:
      Tu dai l’ombre alla notte, al giorno i rai,
      Tu il Mondo attempi, e ’l Paradiso eterni
      You give the shadows to the night, and the rays of light to the day. You make the world go forward, and make Heaven eternal

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Further reading

  • attempare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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