basire

Meaning

  1. (intransitive, literary) to feel faint, to faint, to swoon (of hunger, heat, cold, etc.)
  2. (broadly, intransitive, literary) to be astonished, to be astounded (from fear)
  3. (archaic, intransitive, literary) to die

Translations

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *basīre, maybe of Celtic origin.

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