almiliti

Esperanto

Etymology

From al- + militi.

Verb

almiliti (present almilitas, past almilitis, future almilitos, conditional almilitus, volitive almilitu)

  1. to conquer, defeat
    • Leon Zamenhof (translator), Aspazio by Aleksander Świętochowski, Act IV, Scene 1,
      De sklavo mi eksciis, ke la urbo estis almilitita, la antaŭa estraro forigita...
      From a slave I learned that the city had been conquered [and its] former leaders exiled...
  2. (figuratively) to win over
    • Valdemar Langlet, Vojaĝimpresoj,
      popolo, kiu [...] per la tute nemerita kaj tial ankoraŭ pli dankinda boneco kaj gastameco rilate nin fremdulojn tute almilitis al si niajn korojn.
      a people who, through entirely undeserved and thus even more thankworthy kindness and hospitality toward us foreigners completely won over our hearts.

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