appesantire

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to make heavy, to weigh down
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to aggravate, to make harder, to weigh down
  3. (figuratively, transitive) to make torpid, to make tumultuous
  4. (intransitive) to become heavier
  5. (intransitive) to get fat
  6. (intransitive) to become lazy
  7. (figuratively, intransitive) to become difficult, to get harder

Synonyms

Hyphenated as
ap‧pe‧san‧tì‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ap.pe.zanˈti.re/
Etymology

From a- + pesante (“heavy”) + -ire.

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