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orbare
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Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin orbāre, derived from orbus (“deprived”).
Pronunciation
Verb
orbàre (first-person singular present òrbo, first-person singular past historic orbài, past participle orbàto, auxiliary avére) (literary)
- (transitive) to deprive, to bereave (someone) [with di ‘of a loved one’]
- (transitive, uncommon) to deprive (someone) [with di ‘of sight, one's eyes’]
- (transitive, uncommon) to blind (someone)
- Synonym: accecare
Conjugation
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Further reading
- orbare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Latin
Verb
orbāre
- inflection of orbō:
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