empeltar

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *empeltāre, from *emputāre, from Latin imputāre.

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empeltar (first-person singular present empelto, first-person singular preterite empeltí, past participle empeltat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (transitive) to graft (to insert in a branch or stem of another tree)
  2. (transitive) to infuse with
    • 2020 September 21, Carme Colomina, “TikTok, tic-tac [TikTok, tick-tock]”, in Ara[1]:
      El discurs tecnològic està cada cop més empeltat de la retòrica de la seguretat nacional. De les amenaces exteriors.
      Technological discourse is increasingly infused with the rhetoric of national security. Of external threats.

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