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labascere

labascere [CL], labescere 1 to fall to pieces, collapse, disintegrate. donec edificatio super arenam fundata decidat et ~escat Higd. VII 44. 2 to stumble, slip, slide (also fig.). oculorum lenocinio captus in luxum ~escit, ut cera ante larem liquescit Aldh. VirgP 50 p. 305; ut culpa quam nox intulit / lucis labascat [AS: aslide] munere AS Hymns 15; 10‥ ~escit, aglad WW; mirum ergo est quod humanum cor in nefas tam facile ~ascit Ord. Vit. VIII 8 p. 314; si aliquis ~escat [ME: зef ani feð to sliden] alius eum erigit priusquam omnino cadat AncrR 93. 3 to waver, falter. 801 unde caritas proficit, inde invidia ~escit et lacteam dulcedinem nigro inficit veneno Alcuin Ep. 214; pre labore et metu viri ~ascunt Ord. Vit. IX 15 p. 606; spes eorum paulatim ~ascit et deficit Bald. Cant. Tract. 204C.

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