appulcrare

== Italian == === Etymology === Derived from a- (“to, towards”) +‎ Classical Latin pulcher (“fair, beautiful”) +‎ -are (1st-conjugation verbal suffix). Coined by Italian author Dante Alighieri for his work Inferno. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ap.pulˈkra.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: ap‧pul‧crà‧re === Verb === appulcràre (first-person singular present appùlcro, first-person singular past historic appulcrài, past participle appulcràto, auxiliary avére) (obsolete, literary, very rare, now humorous) (transitive) to put (something) for the purpose of embellishment [with direct object ‘something e.g. words’ and a ‘onto something else’] (idiomatically translated as English embellish with direct and indirect object reversed) Synonyms: abbellire con, ornare con ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “appulcrare”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 1 a–balb, UTET, 1966, page 593a appulcrare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === appulcrerà