disdire

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diˈzdi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: di‧sdì‧re

Etymology 1

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Verb

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disdìre (first-person singular present disdìco, first-person singular past historic disdìssi, past participle disdétto, first-person singular imperfect disdicévo, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (law) to cancel; to call off; to annul (a booking, contract, etc.)
    Synonyms: cancellare, annullare
  2. (rare) to unsay (to deny having said); to refute; to contradict
  3. to countermand
  4. (literary) to deny, to ban
    Synonyms: vietare, proibire
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Etymology 2

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From Latin dēdecere; reconstructed by analogy with addirsi.

Verb

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disdìre (third-person only, third-person singular present disdìce, third-person singular past historic disdìsse, no past participle, third-person singular imperfect disdicéva) (intransitive)

  1. to not suit, to not be becoming
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