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1 colere v. colare
2 colere [CL] 1 to inhabit. b to frequent. c to till, cultivate. d (p. ppl. as sb. pl.) cultivated lands. [Helias] Helisium colit ut superis in sedibus Enoch Aldh. VirgV 273.  b 1418 tabernas pocius ~unt quam ecclesias Conc. III 389a.  c haec terra ‥ ~itur propriis car[ucis] DB I 141; hanc terram ~unt burgenses DB I 203; agris passim utuntur pascuis, ‥ cultis parce Gir. TH III 10; 1196 (v. 2 claudere 5c); 1197 terram viriliter ~uerunt MonA V 350b; 1251 (v. consuetudo 3a); 1254 inquiratur quot sint caruce proprie ad ~endum dominicum (Breve Regis) M. Par. Maj. V 464.  d 11‥ una istarum bovatarum est de propriis cultis meis Feod. Durh. 134n. 2 to practise, perform, use ceremonially. b to cherish, devote oneself to. c to celebrate (a feast). quae priscos dudum ritus et lurida fana / daemonis horrendi decepta fraude colebant Aldh. CE 4. 4. 8; qui concessa colunt licitae conubia vitae Id. VirgV 204; Christianae fidei, quam virgo ~ebat Bede HE II 9; non erat illa gens inimicorum que pietatem ~eret Osb. V. Elph. 131; s1382 W. de Swyndurby ‥ heremiticam vitam ‥ ~ebat Knighton II 189; tale canes, Cadmi qui dilaniare nepotem / Acteon instabant, non coluere nephas Gower VC I 446.  b 601 ut ‥ alios qualiter fraterna caritas ~enda sit doceat (Lit. Papae) Bede HE I 28; librorum ‥ artes / quos mundana colit stolido sapientia sensu Aldh. VirgV 1128.  c in ~endis festis Beleth RDO 5. 18c; [sanctus] cujus festum cum xij leccionibus simpliciter est ~endum Cust. Westm. 183. 3 to worship. b to honour, venerate (persons). c (gdv. superl. colendissimus as title) worshipful, venerable. Pan Arcadiae quem gens colit exta litando Aldh. VirgV 1383; Deum verum ac vivum ‥ adoro semper et ~o (Pass. Albani) Bede HE I 7 p. 19; 8‥ ~unt, weoðiað WW; 9‥ ~it, i. venerat, begæþ WW; homo ‥ ~it et recolit Creatorem Gir. TH I 13; idola ceca colunt? cur? nam cecantur et ipsi (Paul) Nig. Poems p. 421; pagani ‥ ~unt inferiora et celestia: quicquid enim eis occurrit utile, sive sol, sive luna, ‥ sive aqua, sive ignis, ‥ ~unt per amorem; quicquid vero terribile, ~unt per timorem Bacon Mor. Phil. 195; 1293 excidit in tantam stulticiam ut fieret ydolatra, nec tamen ut ~eret unum ydolum sed eciam multa ydola (S. Gaunt) Theol. Ox. 208.  b a ‥ coaetaneis suis justo ~ebatur affectu Bede HE V 19 p. 323.  c 1452 ~e presul EpAcOx 310; 1466 domino meo ~o Pri. Cold. 209; 1473 pater ~e (Lit. ad Priorem) Lit. Cant. III 261; 1505 erga ‥ ~am dominam [comitissam Richemondie] StatOx 309. 4 (p. ppl. cultus) cultivated (fig.), refined, elegant. ‘ambulare in stolis’ ~ioribus vestibus indutos ad publicum procedere significat Bede Luke [xx 45] 582; constructa domuncula ~iore receptui corporis ejusdem Id. HE III 19 p. 168; Angli et Franci ~iori genere vite urbes nundinarum commercio inhabitant W. Malm. GR V 409; civitas [Carleolum] in extremis Anglorum finibus ‥ posita, utpote angulare latibulum, mediterraneis ~ioribus pene ignota R. Cold. Godr. 27; si ~iorem dicendi formam deliciosus exposcit auditor Itin. Ric. prol. p. 4; G. Hen. V 15 (v. dividere 10b).

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