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acescere

acescere [CL], ~ari , to turn sour. b (fig.). 10‥ †acercatur, ‥ ~atur, asurige WW; ollam plenam vino obturatam pone in aqua bullienti et statim ~et Gad. 135. 1.  b non tamen arbitror quod acescant prorsus in aevum [pudicitiae botri] Aldh. VirgV 2794; ut dolor semper retractatione ~it W. Malm. GR IV 307; ira malum deforme viris quo pectus acescit Hanv. VI 326; mens ejus acescit / cujus mellifluum manat ab ore melos Walt. Angl. Fab. 45; virtutis alumpnus / nullius est pretii; quicquid commendat acessit D. Bec. 600.

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