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veges

veges [cf. CL vegetus] 1 vigorous, active, lively. judex sensatissime circumspectus jurisdiccionis et in exercicio providissime pertinax et prudentissime ~es E. Thrip. SS II 19; contemplans ‥ sensu tam ~es homo tantam tamque specialem mundi machinam Ib. XI 5; invenciones ‥ commendabiles veras ~etesque veniant ad appreciaciones Ib. XI 12; 1283 generalis mortalitas ovium postea sequebatur ‥ oves tamen nostre in Ciltria et in Pecco sane et ~etes remanserunt Ann. Dunstable 306. 2 (nitrum veges) potash. oleum nitri ~etis preparatum, jus radicis lilii preparatum, et succus radicum aliarum herbarum preparatus Bacon IX 122; sed calidum consumunt, sicut est oleum nitri ~etis Ib. IX 125. 3 cask. 1445 cum quodam navigio quadraginta vegetum vino onerato AncC 43/189.

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