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angustiare

angustiare [bibl.] , to constrict, squeeze. b to put in a difficult position, embarrass. c to oppress, afflict; cf. angustare. ex superfluitate cibi ~iatur stomacus et pectus similiter Bacon V 72; s1424 Anglici, inter bella Longobardorum et Francorum ~iati Plusc. X 29.  b ~iatus Judeus ex his vix obtinuit ut ‥ pecunie ‥ sibi medietas laxaretur Eadmer HN 115; ~iatus ‥ miles, quoniam solvendi debiti non suppetebat facultas, ‥ solutionis renovabat indutias T. Mon. Will. II 13; s1190 sic ~iatis Turcis, advenerunt tres naves onerarie Itin. Ric. I 37; c1242 tune oportebit me ‥ adversus vos stare, si me ~iaveritis et labores meos abstuleritis Gros. Ep. 96; s1254 [regina] lesa utrobique et ~iata, quid ageret excogitat M. Par. Abbr. 335; s1319 donec ~iati pro modico forsan offerant quod pro magno prius vendidisse poterant V. Ed. II 247.  c noli ~iari de morte carorum Alcuin Ep. 198; 1001 (14c) dirissimis hostium ‥ ~iatus flagellis CD 706; quasi passus extasim, positus in mentis excessu ~iatur vicissim Herm. Arch. 40; Deus electos suos ~iari permittit Ad. Scot Serm. 379; s1216 pater ‥ compassus est filio dolenti et ~iato M. Par. Min. II 178; s1383 ~iabant nempe eos tot mortes, non plebeianorum sed exercitatorum militum Wals. HA II 102; s1454 hiis dictis attonitus non modice ac eciam ‥ in se ~iatus Reg. Whet. I 133.

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