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Italian
Etymology
From Latin praeiūdicāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pre.d͡ʒu.diˈka.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: pre‧giu‧di‧cà‧re
Verb
pregiudicàre (first-person singular present pregiùdico, first-person singular past historic pregiudicài, past participle pregiudicàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, rare) to prejudge, to forejudge
- (transitive, law) to invalidate, to compromise
- (transitive, by extension) to jeopardize
- (transitive, by extension) to endanger
- Synonym: compromettere
- (intransitive, literary) to damage
- Synonym: danneggiare
1530, Francesco Guicciardini, edited by Barbera, Bianchi & C., Ricordi politici e civili [Political and Civilian Memories], Florence, published 1857, section 401, page 223, collected in Opere inedite di Francesco Guicciardini:Assai è buono cittadino chi è zelante del bene della patria, e alieno da tutte le cose che pregiudicano al terzo.- A very good citizen is the one who is keen on the motherland's good, and removed from all the things that damage others.
1749, Ludovico Antonio Muratori, “Capitolo V: Del nobile Scopo , che dovrebbero prefiggersi Principi , Ministri , e Letterati , per proccurare il Pubblico Bene [Chapter 5: About the noble end that princes, ministers and scholars should pursue to bring about the public good]”, in Giuseppe Ponzelli, editor, Della pubblica felicità [About Public Happiness], Naples, published 1757, page 22, collected in Raccolta delle opere minori di Lodovico Antonio Muratori:Vizio è, qualora il Bene Privato si oppone, o pregiudica al Pubblico Bene.- Error occurs when the private good opposes or damages the public good.
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Further reading
- pregiudicare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana