ammortire

Italian

Etymology

From a- + morte (death) + -ire, or from a Vulgar Latin *admortīre (infinitive *admortēscō), from Latin ad- + mortuus. Compare French amortir, Romanian amorţi.

Verb

ammortìre (first-person singular present ammortìsco, first-person singular past historic ammortìi, past participle ammortìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to deaden, numb
  2. (transitive) to muffle (sound), dim (light)

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