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ormare
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Italian
Etymology
From orma + -are, perhaps connected to a Vulgar Latin root *osmāre, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ). Compare Romanian urma.
Pronunciation
Verb
ormàre (first-person singular present órmo, first-person singular past historic ormài, past participle ormàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic, literary)
- (transitive) to follow the tracks (of an animal)
- (transitive) to hunt (an animal) by following the tracks
- (intransitive) to hunt by following tracks
- (transferred sense, transitive) to hunt, pursue (a person)
- Synonym: inseguire
- to keep (a person) under surveillance
- Synonyms: pedinare, sorvegliare
- (figurative, transitive) to follow in someone's footsteps
- Synonym: seguire le orme
- (figurative, transitive) to retrace or reconstruct through historical research
- Synonym: ricostruire
- (figurative, transitive) to investigate
- Synonym: indagare
- (military, transitive) to follow closely, to press
- Synonym: incalzare
- (intransitive) to leave footprints
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “ormare”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 12 orad–pere, UTET, 1984, page 122ab
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