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desleír

/desleˈiɾ/

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verb/desleˈiɾ/

to dilute; to dissolve

[...] descargó una lluvia tremenda, espantosa, un diluvio que parecía inundar la tierra y desleír a Ficóbriga.… discharged a terrible, frightful rain, a downpour which seemed to flood the lands and dissolve Ficóbriga.

Synonyms: diluir, disolver

Learned borrowing from Latin dēlēre (“to destroy”), adapted to des-. Compare Portuguese delir and English delete.