ingentilire

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Italian

Etymology

From in- +‎ gentile +‎ -ire.

Verb

ingentilìre (first-person singular present ingentilìsco, first-person singular past historic ingentilìi, past participle ingentilìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to refine or civilize
  2. (transitive, agriculture) to artificially select
  3. (transitive, literary) to adorn
  4. (intransitive, rare) to become kind/kinder or (more) refined
  5. (intransitive, archaic) to become noble, to ennoble oneself

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