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contribulare

contribulare 1 to crush (fig.), afflict. b (p. ppl. w. spiritus) ‘broken’ (cf.Psalm. 1 19); c (p. ppl. superl.). genitrix dulcem sobolem ‥ ~ata trepidam consolari velle Gosc. Mir. Iv. lxii; quomodo mente ~atus est [Henricus I] cum filii ejus ‥ pelago devorati sunt! H. Hunt. CM 12; 1428 affligor vehementer vehemenciusque ~or pro eo quod justicia ‥ ‘corruit in plateis’ [cf. Is. lix 4] (Lit. Abb.) Amund. I 233.  b spiritu ~ato, qualem Deus diligit, finem erumnarum optabat W. Malm. GP V 277; 1238 offerens dona et sacrificia laudis et spiritus ~ati pro sibi commisso grege Gros. Ep. 60.  c cum tot illi ~atissime civitati [Jerusalem] prophete predixerunt ululatus Map NC I 15. 2 to undermine. Cf. tribula. s1414 [rex] prope Herflete ‥ applicuit ‥ subteraniaque fodina ipsius aream ~at Ad. Usk 125.

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