désemplir

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French

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Etymology

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From dés- +‎ emplir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /de.zɑ̃.pliʁ/
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Verb

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désemplir

  1. (transitive, rare) to (partially) empty (something that is full up)
  2. (intransitive) to be nearly full (only used in negative constructions)
    • 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamné, section XII:
      Ils se sont succédé à de court intervalles; il paraît que ce cachot ne désemplit pas.
      They succeeded one another at short intervals; it seems that this cell is always busy.

Conjugation

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This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Further reading

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