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Inherited from Late Latin ēlixāre, from Latin lixa (“hot water”), cf. ēlixus. Compare Spanish elijar.
lessàre (first-person singular present lésso, first-person singular past historic lessài, past participle lessàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to boil (to cook in boiling water), to stew, to poach
- lessare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana