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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + fundō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dēfundō (present infinitive dēfundere, perfect active dēfūdī, supine dēfūsum); third conjugation
- to pour out, shed
- Synonyms: fundō, effundō, cōnfundō, diffundō, dissipō, differō, indūcō, sternō
- to empty
- Synonyms: exhauriō, dēpleō
- Antonyms: impleō, expleō, repleō, cumulō, compleō, stīpō
- to wet by pouring
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “defundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “defundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- defundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.