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dessaisir

dessaisir

French

Verb

dessaisir

  1. (law) To relinquish; relieve someone of their duty
  2. (reflexive) To let go; give up

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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