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Etymology

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From per- +‎ emō, "to obtain, buy".

Pronunciation

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Verb

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perimō (present infinitive perimere, perfect active perēmī, future participle perēmptūrus); third conjugation

  1. to annihilate, extinguish, destroy
    Synonyms: ruīnō, dēstruō, sepeliō, impellō, populor, exscindō, perdō, accīdō, aboleō, dīruō, tollō, vāstō, ēvāstō, dēvāstō, absūmō, interimō, occīdō, trucīdō
    Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor
  2. to hinder, prevent
    Synonyms: supprimō, intersaepiō, moror, prohibeō, impediō, cohibeō, obstruō, refrēnō, arceō, dētineō, tardō, inclūdō, officiō, obstō, premō, saepiō, reprimō, comprimō, sustentō
    Antonyms: līberō, eximō, absolvō, exonerō, excipiō, ēmittō
  3. to kill, slay
    Synonyms: ēnecō, occīdō, trucīdō, cōnficiō, caedō, obtruncō, necō, iugulō, percutiō, interficiō, interimō, sōpiō, peragō, dēiciō, tollō, absūmō, cōnsūmō

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Descendants

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  • English: perempt (borrowing)
  • French: périmer (borrowing)
  • Portuguese: perimir (borrowing)
  • Spanish: perimir (borrowing)

References

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  • perimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • perimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Serbo-Croatian

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Verb

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perimo (Cyrillic spelling перимо)

  1. first-person plural imperative of prati