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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + relinquō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dērelinquō (present infinitive dērelinquere, perfect active dērelīquī, supine dērelictum); third conjugation
- to forsake, abandon, discard or desert
- to bequeath
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “derelinquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “derelinquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- derelinquo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.