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pavitare

pavitare [CL] 1 (intr.) to be in a state of fear. 926 in illa magna examinis die cum poli cardinis terreque fundamenta simul et inferorum ima ~ando contremiscent latibula Ch. Burton 3; cives ‥ pre timore Francorum urbem ~antes exierunt Ord. Vit. IX 14 p. 586; formidare, pavere, ~are Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 590; ~antia corda nostra Bald. Cant. Sacr. Alt. 730C. 2 (trans.) to be in dread of, fear. nam pavitat mortem ceu lepus ante canem G. Amiens Hast. 490; Herodes audiens quid agat hesitat / qui regni perdere dum jura pavitat / insontis parvuli de nece cogitat Walt. Wimb. Carm. 232.

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