estollere

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extollere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈstɔl.le.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔllere
  • Hyphenation: e‧stòl‧le‧re

Verb

estòllere (first-person singular present estòllo, no past historic, no past participle) (literary)

  1. (transitive) to raise, lift
    Synonyms: alzare, innalzare
    • 1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “La ginestra, o il fiore del deserto [The Broom, or The Desert's Flower]”, in Canti, Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 131:
      [] fuggitivo, appelli
      vil chi lui segue, e solo
      magnanimo colui
      che sé schernendo o gli altri, astuto o folle,
      fin sopra gli astri il mortal grado estolle.
      in flight, you call him who pursues it vile, and only him great of heart who, foolishly or cunningly mocking himself or others, raises our human state above the stars.
  2. (transitive, figurative) to extol, exalt, praise
    Synonyms: celebrare, esaltare

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Further reading

  • estollere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana