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subreptare

subreptare [CL sub-+reptare], to move stealthily, to creep (in quot. fig.). 1199 illa pernicies acerbius grassatur, que sub boni pretextu astutius potest ~are Ep. Cant. 542; 1327 quia nove quedam fumositates pululant inter fratres de vasis argenteis ‥ de camera Prioris latenter ablatis ‥ non possum ‥ fumositates hujusmodi ~antes ‥ diffinire sine consilio vestro Lit. Cant. I 224; carnis stimulos ~antes ‥ mortificavit Conc. II 500b.

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