arere

arēre [CL] , to dry up, wither. b (pr. ppl.) dry. c (pr. ppl.) withered, paralysed; cf. arescere. cessante anima a vivificatione ‥ arent ossa Ailr. An. 86; nunc stat et abstat homo, flat et efflat, floret et aret Babio 417 (= Gower VC II 9).  b de arente terra Bede HE IV 26 rub.; qui ante fontes, nunc rivuli vel potius alvei arentes et exhausti Gir. PI III 19.  c senserat ‥ quendam ‥ reflectendo manum arentem ab omni lesura contractionis absolvere R. Cold. Cuthb. 108.