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për|vetë|s|o'·n vt 1 to make [ ] one's own: acquire, appropriate 2 to assimilate/absorb [a subject/skill]: master 3 to put [ ] to good use: exploit [a natural resource] 4 to misappropriate, embezzle 5 (Biol) to assimilate, digest për|vetë|s|u'a|r adj (i) 1 appropriated, acquired 2 assimilated, learned, acquired 3 misappropriated, embezzled për|vetë|s|u'e|s III§ adj 1 (Biol) assimilative 2 mentally able to assimilate material well IV§ n misappropriator, embezzler