scartabellare

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Italian

Etymology

From scartabello (notebook) +‎ -are.

Verb

scartabellàre (first-person singular present scartabèllo, first-person singular past historic scartabellài, past participle scartabellàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to leaf through; to look through (a book, archive, etc.)
    Synonyms: sfogliare, consultare, esaminare, dare una scorsa a
    • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
      Winston, oltre al lavoro normale, passava parecchie ore al giorno a scartabellare vecchi numeri del «Tempo» e a trasformare e imbellire le notizie che andavano citate nei discorsi.
      Winston, in addition to his regular work, spent long periods every day in going through back files of "The Times" and altering and embellishing news items which were to be quoted in speeches.
      (literally, “Winston, beyond the normal work, spent several hours a day looking through old issues of "Time" and transforming and embellishing the news that had to be mentioned in speeches.”)

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