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caecutire

caecutire [CL] , to be purblind; b (fig.). c (w. ref. to one falling asleep). jam senectus et librorum usus tibi cecitatem inducunt et tuam faciunt, ut dudum ~ientis Meonii, suaviloquam senectutem Map NC IV 5; quamvis non cecus, tamen ~iens, ‥ plus tenebras quam lucem videre prevaluit R. Cold. Cuthb. 116; quamvis ~iret in oculis, adhuc modicum lumen fuit J. Furness Walth. 274; ~ientes noctue R. Bury Phil. 5. 78.  b cecūtit [v. l. cecŭtiens], lippis quid differt discere ocellis Frith. 279; oculus contemplationis caliginosus et ~iens H. Bos. LM 1349; qui jamdudum in ipsa luce ~ire et offendere desiderat Wals. HA pref. I 6.  c oculis paulatim ~ientibus dormitare cepit et postmodum dormire T. Mon. Will. III 10.

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