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Etymology
From es- + mort + -ir.
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esmortir (first-person singular present esmorteixo, first-person singular preterite esmortí, past participle esmortit)
- (transitive) to deaden
- (transitive) to muffle
- Synonym: esmorteir
- (pronominal) to pass out
- Synonym: desmaiar
- (figurative, pronominal) to pass away, to die out, to fade
1920, Joaquim Ruyra, L'idil·li d'en Temme:A l'horitzó marí, el tornassol crepuscular, esmortint-se, moradejava.- On the marine horizon, the crepuscular sheen, dying away, turned violet.
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