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defundere

defundere [CL] 1 to pour down. b to pour out; v. et. diffundere 1a. c to empty (a container). qua croceos Titan radios defundit in orbem Aldh. VirgV 1073.  b 1255 ij tynas ad aquam defund[end]am CourtR Ramsey 6.  c 1213 pro quadam securi et j martello et j paletto et c clavis ad habendum in garderoba ad barillos ad denarios ~endos Misae 238. 2 to devolve or descend (to). nulla mulier ‥ in jure corone [Anglie] ‥ succedere potest, sed ad heredes semper masculos ~endum est Fortescue Def. Lanc. 1.

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