arripere

arripere [CL] 1 to seize, lay hold of. b (fig.) to take upon oneself. c to grasp (fig.), realize. fertur quia, facta ‥ cruce, ‥ ipse ‥ hanc ~uerit Bede HE III 2; c750 falcones quorum ars ‥ sit grues velle ‥ captando ~ere et ~iendo consternere solo (Æthelberht) Ep. Bonif. 105; 8‥ ~e, gegrip WW; frigus adest, juvenes, frondes nunc †arripite silve Alcuin Carm. 55. 8; de manibus ejus illud [cornu] ~uit Gir. TH III 34; si arrip[u]eris hunc lapidem et posueris eum in alio lapide Bacon V 118; arreptis securibus ‥ hostes prostraverunt Elmh. Hen. V 53.  b Julianus qui tyrannidem et apostasiam pariter ~uit Aldh. VirgP 38 p. 288; tantis lucubrationibus elaborandum mihi onus ~ui Gir. TH intr. p. 5.  c statim ~iens mente de rege esse dictum V. Cuthb. III 6. 2 a to seize (of demoniac possession ; cf. arrepticius). b to attack (of disease). c to assail (verbally). a subito a diabolo arreptus, clamare, dentibus frendere, spumare ‥ coepit Bede HE III 11.  b infirmitate corporis arreptus Bede HE III 19; cum ‥ Albinus ‥ febribus ~eretur Canon. G. Sempr. 75V; tanta infirmitas ~uit eam Ib. 144.  c scripta defendencium veritatem ‥ conatur pervertere et ~ere eos in verbis, ut sic eos cogat a veritate consona cessare Ockham Dial. 657 (757). 3 to start, set out on (a journey). b (fig.). c (w. fugam) to take flight. d (w. gressus) to direct one’s steps. e to cover (a distance). iter arreptum ‥ tetendit G. Herw. 325; 1203 die qua iter peregrinationis sue ~uit versus Jercsolim CurR III 34; 1217 iter ~iet eundi versus S. Jacobum Pat 108; s1213 [rex] summo diluculo iter furibundus ~iens versus Notingham properavit Wend. II 83; 1258 infra tres dies ~iat iter versus illum qui ceperit namia illa (Grimsby) BBC 233; 1334 infra duos dies ‥ iter ~iant veniendi RScot 293b; 1407 viam ~uit in portum Lit. Cant. III 100; 1411 ~ere ‥ viagium ‥ versus Franciam Conc. III 334.  b ille viam sideream ~ere, incedere et permeare nititur qui ‥ Deum in Sion contemplatur J. Sal. SS 949C; nondum tante perfectionis iter ~ui ut possim tantis injuriis non moveri Gir. Symb. 28 p. 298; viam perfeccionis ~ere Ockham Pol. II 607; desuper in celis arripe fortis iter Gower VC VII 694.  c arripiendo fugam citius properavit ad almum / pontificem Wulf. Swith. II 1130; s1173 Anglie magnates ‥ regem Scotie subito fugam ~ere coegerunt Diceto YH 376; s1381 fugam latenter ~uit, legum censuram timens G. S. Alb. III 313; 1426 carceres ‥ fregit et fugam furtive ~uit Reg. Cant. III 143.  d versus Dunelm’ ~iet gressus suos FormOx 236.  e adeo ut mulier tria milliaria Cantuariam ingressura pedes ~eret W. Cant. Mir. Thom. II 5. 4 to put ashore (cf. arrivare). s1415 rex Henricus ‥ cum armatorum magna multitudine in partibus Normannie ~uit Plusc. X 23.