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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)
- (transitive) to refine or civilize
- (transitive, agriculture) to artificially select
- (transitive, literary) to adorn
- (intransitive, rare) to become kind/kinder or (more) refined
- (intransitive, archaic) to become noble, to ennoble oneself
Conjugation
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Derived terms