diffīnīre

From Latin dēfīnīre (“to bound, set bounds to; to limit; to define, explain, designate by limiting”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dif.fiˈni.re/
Rhymes: -ire
Hyphenation: dif‧fi‧nì‧re

Verb

diffinìre (first-person singular present diffinìsco, first-person singular past historic diffinìi, past participle diffinìto, auxiliary avére)

(transitive, archaic) Alternative form of definire (“to define; to resolve”)