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Meaning of ĉerpi | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
ˈt͡ʃerpi

Definitions

to draw (to extract a liquid, usually water or blood)

Equivalents

English draw

Examples

“Cirkuladis la diro, ke akvo el tiu ĉi rokofonto, ĉerpita ĉe ĝia origino, havis la potencon, kuraci eĉ plej gravan malsanon. Tion oni rememoris en la plej granda zorgo, kaj la plej aĝa filino ekiris, por ĉerpi iom de tiu kuraciga fontakvo.”

Word circulated that water from this rocky spring, drawn at its origin, has the power to cure even the gravest illness. They remembered this at the time of greatest distress, and the eldest daughter went out to draw some of that therapeutic spring water.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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