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aferir

verb/ɐfɨˈɾiɾ/medium

a·fe·rir

Definitions

1To calibrate; to verify the accuracy of a measuring instrument against a standard.
Taximeters must be aferir annually.
The technician came to aferir the supermarket scale.
2To assess, to weigh, to form a judgment about something.
We need to aferir the risks before making a decision.
It's hard to aferir the real impact of the new law.

Etymology

Do latim afferre (trazer para perto), com influência de ferire (ferir, no sentido de 'atingir um padrão').

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