figgere

Meaning

  1. (literary, transitive) to thrust, to drive, to stick
  2. (figuratively, literary, transitive) to fix (one's eyes or gaze)
  3. (also, figuratively, literary, transitive) to wound, to pierce
  4. (archaic, literary, transitive) to establish, to prescribe

Concepts

Hyphenated as
fìg‧ge‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfid.d͡ʒe.re/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin fīgō.

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