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Italian
Etymology
From Latin manum (“hand”) + levāre (“raise”). Compare manlevare.
Verb
mallevàre (first-person singular present mallèvo, first-person singular past historic mallevài, past participle mallevàto, auxiliary (intransitive) avére or (transitive) èssere)
- (transitive, intransitive, law) to guarantee
- Synonym: garantire
- (transitive, intransitive) to sponsor
Conjugation
1Intransitive.
2Transitive.
Further reading
- mallevare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana