subissare
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Italian
Etymology
From abissare, wrongly interpreted as containing a prefix ab- and then substituted with sub-.
Verb
subissàre (first-person singular present subìsso, first-person singular past historic subissài, past participle subissàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive, uncommon) to sink, to destroy, to ruin
- (intransitive, uncommon) to sink, to fall, to be ruined [auxiliary essere]
- (transitive, figurative) to overwhelm [with di ‘with praise, requests, questions, insults, etc.’]
Conjugation
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Anagrams
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