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Etymology
Inherited from Latin expellere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir. Doublet of expel·lir, a learned borrowing.
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espellir (first-person singular present espelleixo, first-person singular preterite espellí, past participle espellit)
- (intransitive) to open (of flowers)
1990, Renada-Laura Portet, Lettera amorosa:Tot té un sentit, Jordi, el vent que xiula, la campana que toca, les flors que espelleixen, els besos que es donen.- Everything has a meaning, Jordi: the wind that whistles, the bell that tolls, the flowers that bloom, the kisses that are given.
- (pronominal) to bloom
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