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perfringere

perfringere [CL], perfrangere [LL] 1 to break (completely); b (fig.). qui sarculum ~frangit Gildas Pen. 26; ~fracto saxo Andr. S. Vict. Sal. 14; frango componitur ‥ ~fringo Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 223.  b videbat se ‥ regias vires non posse ~fringere H. Hunt. HA VIII 5 (new ed. X 5). 2 (pacem ~ere) to commit breach of the peace. quicumque alterutram [pacem ecclesie et pacem regis] ~fregerit [AS: fulbrece] de vita ‥ in misericordia regis sit (Quad.) GAS 280.

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