dare a divedere

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Italian

Verb

dàre a divedere (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) a divedere, first-person singular past historic dièdi a divedere or diédi a divedere or détti a divedere or (traditional) dètti a divedere, past participle dàto a divedere, first-person singular future darò a divedere, first-person singular subjunctive dìa a divedere, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive déssi a divedere, second-person singular imperative dài a divedere or dà' a divedere, auxiliary avére)

  1. to clearly show, to give to understand
    • c. 1300, Francesco Petrarca, “Ben sapeva io che natural consiglio”, in Canzoniere:
      uando ecco i tuoi ministri, i’ non so donde, / per darmi a diveder ch’al suo destino / mal chi contrasta, et mal chi si nasconde.
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  2. (less common) to deceive, to mislead, to lead to believe
    • 1399, Franco Sacchetti, “Novella CCXXIII”, in Il Trecentonovelle:
      Lo conte Joanni da Barbiano fa al marchese che tiene Ferrara uno grande inganno, ovvero trattato doppio, promettendogli d’uccidere il marchese Azzo da Esti che gli facea guerra, e dandogli a divedere che l’ha morto, riceve da lui castella e denari.
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Further reading

  • divedere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • divedere in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication