ingigantire
= verbo transitivo , rendere di proporzioni gigantesche <
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Ella aveva socchiuso gli occhi ma vedeva per la lunga fenditura il bellissimo viso dell'adolescente inebriato di dolore. E dall'una giovinezza s'apprendeva all'altra il fascino del Buio, e ciascuna sentiva ingigantirsi la sua infelicità non confessata; e li accomunava entrambi il contagio letale; e la melodia ammonitrice li cerchiava del suo cerchio elastico come la pulsazione delle loro tempie. E intorno, presso e lontano, sentivano essi quel medesimo orrore che avevan sentito nella ruina irremeabile della Reggia estense quando s'erano stretti senza parlare e senza guardarsi; ché gli stessi fati facevano terribile la notte della Città di vento e di macigno sospesa su la sua bolgia tra le mura della Rocca piene di colpa e le case di San Girolamo piene di demenza. (D'Annunzio - Forse che sì forse che no)
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* Ma per diventar grande bisogna lavorarsi e tormentarsi e ripulirsi e ingigantirsi quest'anima sola che e' è stata data non so da chi per questi anni brevi di passaggio o d' esilio sulla terra . (G .Papini - Un uomo finito)<>
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* Ma dopo questa furia divoratrice torna fuori il fantastico che immagina storie impossibili , che deforma la realtà , che proietta nel comodo specchio dell' immaginazione i suoi istinti più malvagi , i suoi desideri più forsennati , che crea più in grande gli uomini che odia e gli uomini che ama , prendendo dalla vita stessa lo spunto reale per prolungarlo e ingigantirlo nel sogno . (G .Papini - Un uomo finito)<>
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amplificare
= verbo trans. rendere più ampio esagerare , ingigantire con parole<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "I am sure," she added, "if it was not for such good friends I do notknow what would become of her, for she is very ill indeed, and suffersa vast deal, though with the greatest patience in the world, which isalways the way with her, for she has, without exception, the sweetesttemper I have ever met with.<>
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She had been watching him thelast hour, she said, as he walked up and down the street, and had Mr.Wickham appeared, Kitty and Lydia would certainly have continued theoccupation, but unluckily no one passed windows now except a few of theofficers, who, in comparison with the stranger, were become "stupid,disagreeable fellows.<>
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She rated his abilities much higher than any of the others; there wasa solidity in his reflections which often struck her, and though by nomeans so clever as herself, she thought that if encouraged to readand improve himself by such an example as hers, he might become a veryagreeable companion.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "Good Heaven! what is to become of us? What are we to do?" would theyoften exclaim in the bitterness of woe.<>
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My youngest of all is lately married,and my eldest is somewhere about the grounds, walking with a young manwho, I believe, will soon become a part of the family.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "What could become of Mr. Bingley and Jane!" was a wonder whichintroduced the discussion of their affairs.<>
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A house in town! Every thingthat is charming! Three daughters married! Ten thousand a year! Oh,Lord! What will become of me.<>
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He bore with philosophy the conviction thatElizabeth must now become acquainted with whatever of his ingratitudeand falsehood had before been unknown to her; and in spite of everything, was not wholly without hope that Darcy might yet be prevailed onto make his fortune.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Time and feeding had expanded that once romantic form; the black silkwaistcoat had become more and more developed; inch by inch had the goldwatch-chain beneath it disappeared from within the range of Tupman'svision; and gradually had the capacious chin encroached upon theborders of the white cravat: but the soul of Tupman had known nochange--admiration of the fair sex was still its ruling passion.<>
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In his better days, beforehe had become enfeebled by dissipation and emaciated by disease, he hadbeen in the receipt of a good salary, which, if he had been careful andprudent, he might have continued to receive for some years--not many;because these men either die early, or by unnaturally taxing theirbodily energies, lose, prematurely, those physical powers on which alonethey can depend for subsistence.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Five or six years passed away; the boy had become a robust andwell-grown youth.<>
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I hasten from the sight ofthat world, which has become odious to me.<>
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How Iused to hug myself with delight, when I thought of the fine trick I wasplaying them after their old pointing and leering, when I was not mad,but only dreading that I might one day become so! And how I used tolaugh for joy, when I was alone, and thought how well I kept my secret,and how quickly my kind friends would have fallen from me, if they hadknown the truth.<>
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"'"And what's become of the others, Sir?" asked Tom Smart--'The old gentleman applied his elbow to his eye as he replied,"Gone, Tom, gone.<>
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There were a great manyyoung ladies in a great many houses, the greater part whereof wereshrewdly suspected by the male and female domestics to be deeplyattached to somebody, or perfectly ready to become so, if opportunityafforded.<>
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" "And wot 'ud become o' me if you WOS struck withapoplexy?" said the turnkey.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'In one instant, after the clock struck two, the whole of this desertedand quiet spot had become a scene of most extraordinary life andanimation.<>
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When a porter had put his luggage in the coach, and received hisfare, he turned round and was gone; and before my uncle had well begunto wonder what had become of him, half a dozen fresh ones started up,and staggered along under the weight of parcels, which seemed big enoughto crush them.<>
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Wot 'ud become of the undertakers vithout it, Sammy?'Lost in the immense field of conjecture opened by this reflection, theelder Mr. Weller laid his pipe on the table, and stirred the fire with ameditative visage.<>
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And wot's to become o' the bis'ness?' inquired Sam.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'But, dear Mr. Pickwick, what is to become of Nathaniel if his fatherwithdraws his assistance?' urged Arabella.<>
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Mr. Jingle smiled at this sally, but looked rather foolishnotwithstanding; so Mr. Pickwick changed the subject by saying--'You don't happen to know, do you, what has become of another friend ofyours--a more humble one, whom I saw at Rochester?Dismal Jemmy?' inquired Jingle.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'I hope they may become so,' replied Mr. Pickwick.<>
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You think so now! S'poseyou wos to change your mind, vich is not unlikely, for you've the spirito' five-and-twenty in you still, what 'ud become on you vithout me? Itcan't be done, Sir, it can't be done.<>
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He was muchtroubled at first, by the numerous applications made to him by Mr.Snodgrass, Mr. Winkle, and Mr. Trundle, to act as godfather to theiroffspring; but he has become used to it now, and officiates as a matterof course.<>
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Itseemed extraordinary that when he had become a sort of saint he shouldgo out of his way to commit the sin he had despised when he was asinner.<>
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And what has become of him?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) He paused a moment, and then went on in a more matter-of-fact tone;"When you come to think of it, it's a very good plan for a murder, andmeets the permanent problem of the disposal of the body.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Oh, I've no patience with such nonsense," spluttered the sceptic, whoseround face had become rather a red face with the heat of his contemptand incredulity.<>
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They become criminals out of sheer conventionality.<>
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