angere

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin angere (to press, to tighten).

Verb

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àngere (third-person only, third-person singular present ànge, no past historic, no past participle, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive) (transitive, literary)

  1. (transitive, archaic or poetic) to torment, to afflict
    • Tanto un suo vano amor l'ange e martira
      Such a vain love of his torments and tortures him
      (T. Tasso)

Usage notes

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  • In modern poetic usage, the verb is used exclusively in the present indicative, third person singular ànge.

Conjugation

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Including lesser-used forms:

Further reading

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  • angere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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angēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of angō

Verb

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angere

  1. inflection of angō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative