mirrare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mirra +‎ -are.

Verb[edit]

mirràre (first-person singular present mìrro, first-person singular past historic mirrài, past participle mirràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (archaic, transitive) to honor with myrrh

Usage notes[edit]

  • This is a hapax legomenon, occurring only once in Dante's Paradiso. Various other meanings have been given to it, e.g. "to make incorruptible", "to contemplate".

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