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asinare

asinare , to ride on an ass. b to make an ass of (fig.). mittebatur ‥ ad curias sedens asinum ‥ quia metuebat seculo irretiri nec equitare jam volebat, ~ando serviens domino sine cujus permissu discedere nolebat G. Crispin Herl. 16; ipse ~avit et filium tenerum eum sequi permisit Latin Stories 129; 1451 tollatur abusus ~andi preterquam in casu necessitatis (Abbr. Stat.) Mon. Francisc. II 95.  b invenies asinum si tu cupias asinari; / optatus veniet non cito sponte leo Walt. Angl. Fab. 17 add. 5.

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