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absolver

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English

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Etymology

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    From absolve + -er.

    Pronunciation

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    • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈzɑl.vɚ/, /əbˈzɑl.vɚ/

    Noun

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    absolver (plural absolvers)

    1. Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves. [First attested in the late 16th century.][1]
      • c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
        [] how hast thou the heart,
        Being a divine, a ghostly confessor,
        A sin-absolver, and my friend profess’d,
        To mangle me with that word ‘banished’?
      • 1684, Richard Baxter, Whether Parish Congregations Be True Christian Churches[1], London: Thomas Parkhurst, page 2:
        [] few men dislike the Lay-Excommunicators and Absolvers more than I do []

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    1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absolver”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

    Aragonese

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    Etymology

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    From Latin absolvō.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /absolˈbe(ɾ)/
    • Syllabification: ab‧sol‧ver
    • Rhymes: -e(ɾ)

    Verb

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    absolver

    1. (transitive) to absolve

    Galician

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    Etymology

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    From Latin absolvere.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    absolver (first-person singular present absolvo, first-person singular preterite absolvín, past participle absolvido, short past participle absolto)

    1. (transitive) to absolve
    2. (transitive) to acquit
      Synonym: exculpar

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    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /absɔlˈʋeːr/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -eːr
    • Hyphenation: ab‧sol‧ver

    Verb

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    absolver

    1. imperative of absolvere

    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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      Learned borrowing from Latin absolvere.

      Pronunciation

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      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bi.sowˈve(ʁ)/ [a.bi.soʊ̯ˈve(h)], /ab.sowˈve(ʁ)/ [ab.soʊ̯ˈve(h)]
        • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.bi.sowˈve(ɾ)/ [a.bi.soʊ̯ˈve(ɾ)], /ab.sowˈve(ɾ)/ [ab.soʊ̯ˈve(ɾ)]
        • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.bi.sowˈve(ʁ)/ [a.bi.soʊ̯ˈve(χ)], /ab.sowˈve(ʁ)/ [ab.soʊ̯ˈve(χ)]
        • (Caipira) IPA(key): /a.bi.sowˈve(ɻ)/ [a.bi.soʊ̯ˈve(ɻ)], /ab.sowˈve(ɻ)/ [ab.soʊ̯ˈve(ɻ)]
       
      • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐb.solˈveɾ/ [ɐβ.soɫˈveɾ], /ɐb.sɔlˈveɾ/ [ɐβ.sɔɫˈveɾ]
        • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐb.solˈbeɾ/ [ɐβ.soɫˈβeɾ], /ɐb.sɔlˈbeɾ/ [ɐβ.sɔɫˈβeɾ]
        • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐb.solˈve.ɾi/ [ɐb.soɫˈve.ɾi], /ɐb.sɔlˈve.ɾi/ [ɐb.sɔɫˈve.ɾi]

      • Hyphenation: ab‧sol‧ver

      Verb

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      absolver (first-person singular present absolvo, first-person singular preterite absolvi, past participle absolvido)

      1. to absolve
      2. (law) to acquit
      3. to forgive

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      Spanish

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Latin absolvere and adapted to the conjugations of the native solver.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /absolˈbeɾ/ [aβ̞.solˈβ̞eɾ]
      • Audio (Colombia):(file)
      • Rhymes: -eɾ
      • Syllabification: ab‧sol‧ver

      Verb

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      absolver (first-person singular present absuelvo, first-person singular preterite absolví, past participle absuelto)

      1. (transitive) to absolve
      2. (transitive) to acquit

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