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intervertere

intervertere [CL] 1 to misappropriate (in quot., w. dat. of disadvantage). b to misapply, misuse. 1286 quod non ~erent possessionem predicto filio in suo casu vel Margarite et comiti et successioni eorum Reg. Gasc. A I 178.  b omnium ‥ occupationum jura alicujus vane vel prave necessitudinis causa ~untur, vel humani favoris aviditate vel opum cupiditate vel parentele nimis inordinata dilectione R. Niger Mil. III prol; quot ‥ occasionibus et modis et a manu et a lingua ~atur levitarum officium, vix aliqua scriptura posset determinari Ib. IV 16. 2 to change (something, sc. for the worse), distort, pervert. b (p. ppl.) twisted, contorted. 1165 ut nec propositum vestrum adversitatis austeritas ~at, nec ‥ Arnulf Ep. 42 p. 75; ut ‥ nec forma nec nobilitas ‥ nec cetera quibus pudicitia expugnatur propositum ~erent castitatis P. Blois Ep. 28. 97B; totum siquidem negotium brevibus verbis poteris ~ere, quod instanti vigilantia et propensiore cautela studui promovere Ib. 75. 230C.  b vepres pungentes interversos et contorsos J. Godard Ep. 221.

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