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obrepere

obrepere [CL] , to creep up suddenly or surreptitiously (upon), sneak in, pay unexpected visit (to)(also transf. & fig.); b (w. dat.);; c (w. in or inter; d (impers.). repsit, ~sit GlC R 95; sub imagine philosophantis spiritus fallacis elationis ~it J. Sal. Met. 830C; studiosus, ne aliquid sub veritate oppaliatum obripiat R. Cold. Cuthb. 3; Cisterciensis ordo ‥ laudari meruit ‥ donec iterum ceca malorum mater ~sit ambitio Gir. IK I 3 p. 41.  b cum ‥ in lectulo membra posuissem ac levis mihi somnus ~sisset Bede HE V 9 p. 297; victualia perquisivit quoties eis gravioris inopia paupertatis obripuit R. Cold. Godr. 12; domesticis ‥ tanti thesauri custodibus negligentia torporis ~sit Id. Osw. 43; unde tibi ~ere possit elationis occasio P. Blois Ep. 21. 75D; si forte dormitatio ‥ ~eret abbati J. Furness Walth. 76; dum ‥ sompnus obriperet sibi Plusc. VI 21.  c timor ille nocturnus qui solet inter primitias sancte conversationis ~ere P. Blois Ep. 11. 33D; c1203 tanta in eis ~serat vite dissolutio ut vitium evaderet in Dei contemptum Id. Ep. Sup. 4. 2.  d c1465 ita surreptum et ~tum fuerat ad sanctissimum dominum nostrum papam Pri. Cold. 195.

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