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adolere

1 adolēre [CL] , to kindle or burn. b (fig.), of passion. c to offer as a sacrifice. timiama diis ut ~eret Aldh. VirgP 47; extinctas adolere faces Neckam DS III 235; thuribulum in quo thus ~etur Ferr. Kinloss 73.  b ut qui priores ~evistis in eam ignes crebris non fraudemini cupitis Map NC IV 5 p. 196.  c canorem spiritualem mihi dederat, in †quos [? l. quo] ei [sc. Christo] laudes et preces ~erem Rolle IA 233.
2 adolēre [cf. adolescere] , to grow. 1376 mirari cogimur quod ‥ lollium inter purum triticum ‥ permittatis pullulare et ‥ eciam ~ere (Bull) Ziz. 242.

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