ingentilire
Italian
Etymology
Verb
ingentilìre (first-person singular present ingentilìsco, first-person singular past historic ingentilìi, past participle ingentilìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to refine or civilize
- (transitive, agriculture) to artificially select
- (transitive, literary) to adorn [with di ‘with’]
- (intransitive, rare) to become kind/kinder or (more) refined [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive, archaic) to become noble, to ennoble oneself [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of ingentilìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.