inchiudere

Italian

Etymology

Remodelation after chiudere (to close) of Latin inclūdere, present active infinitive of inclūdō. Doublet of includere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈkju.de.re/, [iŋˈk̟juːd̪er̺e]
  • Rhymes: -udere
  • Stress: inchiùdere
  • Hyphenation: in‧chiu‧de‧re

Verb

inchiudere (obsolete)

  1. to lock in (to secure in a locked enclosure)
    Synonym: rinchiudere
  2. (figuratively) to enclose, contain
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXX, lines 10–12, page 534:
      Non altrimenti il trïunfo che lude ¶ sempre dintorno al punto che mi vinse, ¶ parendo inchiuso da quel ch'elli inchiude
      Not otherwise the Triumph, which for ever plays round about the point that vanquished me, seeming enclosed by what itself encloses
    Synonym: contenere

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