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diffindere

diffindere [CL] 1 to split. H. Hunt. HA VIII 14 (v. cuneus 2a); to cleve, scindere, findere, con-, dif- CathA. 2 to put off, postpone. b (p. ppl. diffisus, of time) protracted or distant (in future). Cf. diffundere 5a. c1103 videte quam periculosum sit ‥ in tali re †diffindere [MSS: †diffidere] correctionem Anselm (Ep. 297) IV 217.  b c1186 si ‥ aliqui parrochianorum tuorum a tuo ‥ judicio appellaverint et tempus diffisum prefixerint (Lit. Papae) Reg. Glasg. 47.

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