supplire

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin supplēre (to make up the numbers, to complete), with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /supˈpli.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: sup‧plì‧re

Verb

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supplìre (first-person singular present supplìsco, first-person singular past historic supplìi, past participle supplìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to compensate, to make up [with a ‘for’]
  2. (transitive) to replace temporarily, to stand in for (someone)

Conjugation

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