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oscillare

oscillare [CL=to ride in a swing] 1 to afflict, punish. ~are, verberare, contendere, depunire, vapulare, multare, plagiare Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 399; s1239 quanta volubilitate fortuna aulicos exagitat et ocillat M. Par. Min. II 423 (cf. id. Maj. III 545: quanta volubilitate aulicos fortuna edomat). 2 to set alight (with a torch). occilleo, braundoner Teaching Latin II 89.

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