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assurgere [CL] 1 to stand up for (as mark of deference). b (w. ad gratias or sim.) to express thanks. c to strive for, devote oneself to. si vobis adpropinquantibus adsurrexerit, ‥ obtemperanter illum audite Bede HE II 2; mox assurgebat complaudebatque sorori V. Merl. 577; hospitibus tua sit conjunx assurgere docta / assurgatque tibi D. Bec. 2250–1; a1389 non tenentur filii parentes honorari in †assurando [? l. ~endo] vel aliter reverenciam exhibendo sed in omni necessitate supportando Brinton Serm. 7 p. 21.  b 1226 ut ‥ vestre debeamus ~ere diligentie cum ‥ speciali gratiarum actione Pat 104; 1259 ad gratias vobis ~imus quas possumus ampliores Cl 476; 1261 super immensis beneficiis ‥ quibus ‥ invenimus nos ‥ honoratos, vobis ‥ ad quas valemus gratiarum ~imus actiones Cl 96.  c 1293 taliter ‥ honorem nostrum ‥ conservantes quod ad ‥ ecclesie vestre jurium conservacionem affectuosius ~amus RGasc III 73. 2 (of things) to rise, increase. aestus oceani ‥ vespertinus adsurget Bede TR 29; si ‥ repente flatus venti major adsurgeret Id. HE IV 3. 3 (w. ad) to attain to. si [Waliscus] non ~at [AS: gif he ne gepeo] nisi ad dim. hidam, sit wera ejus lxxx s. (Quad.) GAS 461.

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