atterere

atterere [CL] 1 to wear away, bruise. b to fritter away (time). c to crush, oppress. d to dishearten, demoralize. misella / stringitur adtritis ingenti compede plantis Wulf. Swith. II 97; accipitrem evexit fracto crusculo, quod ungula equi ‥ attriverat W. Cant. Mir. Thom. V 19; abrasa et attrita dorsorum depilatione Gir. TH I 26. b jumentum suum inaniter vexans et tempus ~ens W. Cant. Mir. Thom. V 11. c nascentem ‥ heresim ‥ attrivit Bede HE II 1 p. 75; provinciam illam saeva caede ‥ attrivit Ib. IV 14; 1266 (v. attonitus b). d nec ipsi machinis ~ebantur nec obsidione ‥ flectebantur G. Steph. I 45. 2 (p. ppl. attritus) shameless, brazen. b crushed in spirit, ‘attrite’ (less strong than contritus). quantus quosdam ~ae frontis pallor ob detectum sceleris reatum tremibundos arguit! Aldh. VirgP 32 p. 273. b spiritus attrite mentis plusquam caro sana Nig. Laur. 28 v. 1; resipiscat ‥ dimittendo opus extrinsecum, ~us de peccato, quousque plenarie conteratur, et post compleat opus suum meritorie in gracia Wycl. Civ. Dom. I 344; c1430 admiramur quibus mente, corde et spiritu ducti estis ut ‥ taliter ‥ in ~um hominem exacerbastis Reg. Whet. II 433.

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