accaffare

Etymology

From a- +‎ caffo +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.kafˈfa.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: ac‧caf‧fà‧re

Verb

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accaffàre (first-person singular present accàffo, first-person singular past historic accaffài, past participle accaffàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (obsolete) to seize, to pilfer

   Synonyms: arraffare, ghermire

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXI”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 52–54; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Poi l’addentar con più di cento raffi,
     disser: «Coverto convien che qui balli,
     sì che, se puoi, nascosamente accaffi».

     They seized him then with more than a hundred rakes; they said: "It here behoves you to dance covered, that, if you can, you secretly may pilfer."

Further reading

• accaffare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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• accafferà, affaccerà