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acaptar

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Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accapitare.

Pronunciation

Verb

acaptar (first-person singular present acapto, first-person singular preterite acaptí, past participle acaptat)

  1. (transitive) to collect alms
    • 1946, Guillem Roca Cabau, Pobresa i hospitals a la Lleida baixmedieval:
      En aquest pis també hi havia les campanes que els pobres i els veïns de la parròquia tocaven quan anaven a acaptar.
      On this floor there were also bells for the poor and the parish neighbours to ring when they came to collect alms.
  2. (transitive) to beg
  3. (archaic) to get, obtain

Derived terms

  • acaptador
  • acapte

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