"appulcrare" meaning in Italian

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Verb

IPA: /ap.pulˈkra.re/
Rhymes: -are 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. Etymology templates: {{af|it|a-|pulcher|-are|lang2=la-cla|pos3=1ˢᵗ-conjugation verbal suffix|t1=to, towards|t2=fair, beautiful}} a- (“to, towards”) + Classical Latin pulcher (“fair, beautiful”) + -are (1ˢᵗ-conjugation verbal suffix), {{coinage|it|Q1067|nat=Italian|occ=author}} Coined by Italian author Dante Alighieri Head templates: {{it-verb|a/ù}} appulcràre (first-person singular present appùlcro, first-person singular past historic appulcrài, past participle appulcràto, auxiliary avére), {{tlb|it|obsolete|literary|very rare|now|jocular}} (obsolete, literary, very rare, now humorous) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a/ù}} Forms: appulcràre [canonical], appùlcro [first-person, present, singular], appulcrài [first-person, historic, past, singular], appulcràto [participle, past], avére [auxiliary], no-table-tags [table-tags], appulcràre [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], appulcràndo [gerund], appulcrànte [participle, present], appulcràto [participle, past], appùlcro [first-person, indicative, present, singular], appùlcri [indicative, present, second-person, singular], appùlcra [indicative, present, singular, third-person], appulcriàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], appulcràte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], appùlcrano [indicative, plural, present, third-person], appulcràvo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], appulcràvi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], appulcràva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], appulcravàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], appulcravàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], appulcràvano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], appulcrài [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], appulcràsti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], appulcrò [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], appulcràmmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], appulcràste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], appulcràrono [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], appulcrerò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], appulcrerài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], appulcrerà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], appulcrerémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], appulcreréte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], appulcrerànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], appulcrerèi [conditional, first-person, singular], appulcrerésti [conditional, second-person, singular], appulcrerèbbe [conditional, singular, third-person], appulcrerébbe [conditional, singular, third-person], appulcrerémmo [conditional, first-person, plural], appulcreréste [conditional, plural, second-person], appulcrerèbbero [conditional, plural, third-person], appulcrerébbero [conditional, plural, third-person], appùlcri [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], appùlcri [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], appùlcri [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], appulcriàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], appulcriàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], appùlcrino [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], appulcràssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], appulcràssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], appulcràsse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], appulcràssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], appulcràste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], appulcràssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], appùlcra [imperative, second-person, singular], appùlcri [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], appulcriàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], appulcràte [imperative, plural, second-person], appùlcrino [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], appulcràre [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], appùlcri [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], appulcriàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], appulcràte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], appùlcrino [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person]
  1. (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) Wikipedia link: Inferno Tags: humorous, literary, obsolete, rare, transitive Synonyms: abbellire con, ornare con

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "a-",
      "a-#Italian"
    ],
    [
      "pulcher",
      "pulcher#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-are",
      "-are#Italian"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "a-",
        "3": "pulcher",
        "4": "-are",
        "lang2": "la-cla",
        "pos3": "1ˢᵗ-conjugation verbal suffix",
        "t1": "to, towards",
        "t2": "fair, beautiful"
      },
      "expansion": "a- (“to, towards”) + Classical Latin pulcher (“fair, beautiful”) + -are (1ˢᵗ-conjugation verbal suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "Q1067",
        "nat": "Italian",
        "occ": "author"
      },
      "expansion": "Coined by Italian author Dante Alighieri",
      "name": "coinage"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "appulcràre",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràre",
          "appulcrare"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcro",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcro",
          "appulcro"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrài",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrài",
          "appulcrai"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràto",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràto",
          "appulcrato"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "links": [
        [
          "avére",
          "avere"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "it-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràre",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràre",
          "appulcrare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "links": [
        [
          "avére",
          "avere#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràndo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràndo",
          "appulcrando#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrànte",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrànte",
          "appulcrante#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràto",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràto",
          "appulcrato#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcro",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcro",
          "appulcro#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcri",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcri",
          "appulcri#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcra",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcra",
          "appulcra#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcriàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcriàmo",
          "appulcriamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràte",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràte",
          "appulcrate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcrano",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcrano",
          "appulcrano#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràvo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràvo",
          "appulcravo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràvi",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràvi",
          "appulcravi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràva",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràva",
          "appulcrava#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcravàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcravàmo",
          "appulcravamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcravàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcravàte",
          "appulcravate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràvano",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràvano",
          "appulcravano#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrài",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrài",
          "appulcrai#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràsti",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràsti",
          "appulcrasti#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràmmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràmmo",
          "appulcrammo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràste",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràste",
          "appulcraste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràrono",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràrono",
          "appulcrarono#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerài",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerài",
          "appulcrerai#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerà",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerémo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerémo",
          "appulcreremo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcreréte",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcreréte",
          "appulcrerete#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerànno",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerànno",
          "appulcreranno#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerèi",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerèi",
          "appulcrerei#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerésti",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerésti",
          "appulcreresti#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerèbbe",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerèbbe",
          "appulcrerebbe#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerébbe",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerébbe",
          "appulcrerebbe#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerémmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerémmo",
          "appulcreremmo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcreréste",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcreréste",
          "appulcrereste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerèbbero",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerèbbero",
          "appulcrerebbero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerébbero",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerébbero",
          "appulcrerebbero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcri",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcri",
          "appulcri#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcri",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcri",
          "appulcri#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcri",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcri",
          "appulcri#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcriàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcriàmo",
          "appulcriamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcriàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcriàte",
          "appulcriate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcrino",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcrino",
          "appulcrino#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràssi",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràssi",
          "appulcrassi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràssi",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràssi",
          "appulcrassi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràsse",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràsse",
          "appulcrasse#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràssimo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràssimo",
          "appulcrassimo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràste",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràste",
          "appulcraste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràssero",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràssero",
          "appulcrassero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcra",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcra",
          "appulcra#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcri",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcri",
          "appulcri#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcriàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcriàmo",
          "appulcriamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràte",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràte",
          "appulcrate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcrino",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcrino",
          "appulcrino#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràre",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràre",
          "appulcrare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcri",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcri",
          "appulcri#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcriàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcriàmo",
          "appulcriamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràte",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràte",
          "appulcrate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcrino",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcrino",
          "appulcrino#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/ù"
      },
      "expansion": "appulcràre (first-person singular present appùlcro, first-person singular past historic appulcrài, past participle appulcràto, auxiliary avére)",
      "name": "it-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "obsolete",
        "3": "literary",
        "4": "very rare",
        "5": "now",
        "6": "jocular"
      },
      "expansion": "(obsolete, literary, very rare, now humorous)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ap‧pul‧crà‧re"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ap‧pul‧crà‧re"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/ù"
      },
      "name": "it-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian terms prefixed with a-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian terms suffixed with -are",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs ending in -are",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              105,
              113
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              130,
              139
            ],
            [
              143,
              147
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Wrong giving and wrong keeping has taken the fair world away from them, and placed them in this scuffle: whatever it be, I do not embellish it with words.",
          "ref": "1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 58–60; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:",
          "text": "Mal dare e mal tener lo mondo pulcro\nha tolto loro, e posti a questa zuffa:\nqual ella sia, parole non ci appulcro.",
          "translation": "Wrong giving and wrong keeping has taken the fair world away from them, and placed them in this scuffle: whatever it be, I do not embellish it with words.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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)"
      ],
      "id": "en-appulcrare-it-verb-NFJdyuR6",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "dirobj<something e.g. words> + :a<onto something else>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with direct object ‘something e.g. words’ and a ‘onto something else’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "direct",
              "object",
              "‘something",
              "e.g.",
              "words’",
              "and",
              "a",
              "‘onto",
              "something",
              "else’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "put",
          "put"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ],
        [
          "embellishment",
          "embellishment"
        ],
        [
          "embellish",
          "embellish#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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": [
        {
          "word": "abbellire con"
        },
        {
          "word": "ornare con"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "literary",
        "obsolete",
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Inferno"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ap.pulˈkra.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-are"
    }
  ],
  "word": "appulcrare"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "a-",
      "a-#Italian"
    ],
    [
      "pulcher",
      "pulcher#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-are",
      "-are#Italian"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "a-",
        "3": "pulcher",
        "4": "-are",
        "lang2": "la-cla",
        "pos3": "1ˢᵗ-conjugation verbal suffix",
        "t1": "to, towards",
        "t2": "fair, beautiful"
      },
      "expansion": "a- (“to, towards”) + Classical Latin pulcher (“fair, beautiful”) + -are (1ˢᵗ-conjugation verbal suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "Q1067",
        "nat": "Italian",
        "occ": "author"
      },
      "expansion": "Coined by Italian author Dante Alighieri",
      "name": "coinage"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "appulcràre",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràre",
          "appulcrare"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcro",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcro",
          "appulcro"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrài",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrài",
          "appulcrai"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràto",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràto",
          "appulcrato"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "links": [
        [
          "avére",
          "avere"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "it-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràre",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràre",
          "appulcrare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "links": [
        [
          "avére",
          "avere#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràndo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràndo",
          "appulcrando#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrànte",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrànte",
          "appulcrante#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràto",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràto",
          "appulcrato#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcro",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcro",
          "appulcro#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcri",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcri",
          "appulcri#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcra",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcra",
          "appulcra#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcriàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcriàmo",
          "appulcriamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràte",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràte",
          "appulcrate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcrano",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcrano",
          "appulcrano#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràvo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràvo",
          "appulcravo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràvi",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràvi",
          "appulcravi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràva",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràva",
          "appulcrava#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcravàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcravàmo",
          "appulcravamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcravàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcravàte",
          "appulcravate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràvano",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràvano",
          "appulcravano#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrài",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrài",
          "appulcrai#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràsti",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràsti",
          "appulcrasti#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràmmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràmmo",
          "appulcrammo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràste",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràste",
          "appulcraste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràrono",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràrono",
          "appulcrarono#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerài",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerài",
          "appulcrerai#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerà",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerémo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerémo",
          "appulcreremo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcreréte",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcreréte",
          "appulcrerete#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerànno",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerànno",
          "appulcreranno#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerèi",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerèi",
          "appulcrerei#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerésti",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerésti",
          "appulcreresti#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerèbbe",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerèbbe",
          "appulcrerebbe#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerébbe",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerébbe",
          "appulcrerebbe#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerémmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerémmo",
          "appulcreremmo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcreréste",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcreréste",
          "appulcrereste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerèbbero",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerèbbero",
          "appulcrerebbero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcrerébbero",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcrerébbero",
          "appulcrerebbero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcri",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcri",
          "appulcri#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcri",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcri",
          "appulcri#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcri",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcri",
          "appulcri#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcriàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcriàmo",
          "appulcriamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcriàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcriàte",
          "appulcriate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcrino",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcrino",
          "appulcrino#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràssi",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràssi",
          "appulcrassi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràssi",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràssi",
          "appulcrassi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràsse",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràsse",
          "appulcrasse#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràssimo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràssimo",
          "appulcrassimo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcràste",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràste",
          "appulcraste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "appulcràssero",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcràssero",
          "appulcrassero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcra",
      "links": [
        [
          "appùlcra",
          "appulcra#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "appùlcri",
      "links": [
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          "appùlcri",
          "appulcri#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "appulcriàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "appulcriàmo",
          "appulcriamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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      "form": "appulcràte",
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          "appulcràte",
          "appulcrate#Italian"
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      "form": "appùlcrino",
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          "appùlcrino",
          "appulcrino#Italian"
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    },
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      "form": "appulcràre",
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          "appulcràre",
          "appulcrare#Italian"
        ]
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      "form": "appùlcri",
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          "appùlcri",
          "appulcri#Italian"
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      "form": "appulcràte",
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          "appulcràte",
          "appulcrate#Italian"
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      ]
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      "form": "appùlcrino",
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          "appùlcrino",
          "appulcrino#Italian"
        ]
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          ],
          "english": "Wrong giving and wrong keeping has taken the fair world away from them, and placed them in this scuffle: whatever it be, I do not embellish it with words.",
          "ref": "1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 58–60; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:",
          "text": "Mal dare e mal tener lo mondo pulcro\nha tolto loro, e posti a questa zuffa:\nqual ella sia, parole non ci appulcro.",
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        {
          "word": "abbellire con"
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          "word": "ornare con"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ap.pulˈkra.re/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-are"
    }
  ],
  "word": "appulcrare"
}

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