inverdire

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to turn green, to green, to make green
  2. (intransitive) to turn green (of vegetation, also of one's face from illness)

Concepts

Etymology

Either from in- + verde + -ire, or from a Vulgar Latin *invir(i)dire, from *invir(i)descere, from Latin viridēscere. Compare Romanian înverzi, Spanish enverdir, enverdecer, Portuguese enverdecer, French verdir.

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