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attrectare

attrectare [CL] 1 to touch, handle. b to treat. ~are, †malae [l. male] tangere GlC A 869; demone possessus ‥, se ipsum et quibus ~ando contingere potuit morsibus dilaniare contendit R. Cold. Cuthb. 17; to grape, attractare, ~are, ‥ palpare CathA.  b s1272 honorifice ‥ attractavit [v. l. ~avit] eos et post biduum dimisit in pace W. Guisb. 210. 2 to draw in. b to usurp. 1198 qui nisi in castrum ‥ a custodibus attractatus fuisset, ‥ comprehensus fuisset Trevet 158.  b 1353 sic attractando sibi ipsi regalem potestatem Pat 239 m. 20.

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