plebere

plebēre, plebescere [CL plebs+-ēre, -escere] 1 to be or become like the common people. fuit ‥ parentum non ingenuorum proles, nec tamen obscuri sanguinis humilitate ~escens Itin. Ric. I 3; to folowe pepylle in maneres, ~ere, ~escere CathA. 2 to be known among the people, to be or become famous or notorious. inde cepit falsus ille rumor populariter evagari et passim ~escere, quia fera pessima devoravit Joseph P. Blois Ep. 27. 93B; tue damnationis sententia jam in ore omnium ~escit Ib. 42. 123A; eorum iniquitas in multitudinem ~escebat Ib. 152. 445A; qui non illecebris modo lascivire, sed ipso / luxurie noto plebescere nomine vellet Hanv. VIII 255; in vulgi jugulum nolens furit, impetus iram / mutat et ultricem cogit plebescere dextram J. Exon. BT VI 348; sicut enim nobis nimio ~escit in usu insignis victus H. Avr. Hugh 295.