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capessere [CL] 1 to seize. b to acquire, receive; c (w. immaterial obj.). d to reach, attain. arma cruenta ~unt Aldh. VirgP 12.  b omnem aquilonalem ‥ terrae partem pro indigenis ‥ ~unt Gildas EB 19; capissendas, capiendas GlC C 80; ut cupidus fulvum nomisma capessat Aldh. CE 5. 10; ut ‥ eos ad ~enda suae virtutis ‥ archana proveheret Bede Luke (ii 47) 349; non decet nos ‥ pro capescenda terra ‥ animam nostram prostituere NLA I 469; quod pro quantiscunque bonis delectabilibus capescendis ‥ nusquam ipsum [Deum] scienter offenderent Bradw. CD 58D.  c [Brettones] vires ~unt Gildas EB 25; quamlibet a nullo solandi verba capessant Aldh. VirgV 2050; 1239 nobis ‥ capescentibus requiem post labores (Lit. Imp.) M. Par. Maj. III 578; 1257 requiem capescentes [Leg. Ant. Lond. 27: ad †tapescendam requiem] moram protraximus biduanam (Lit. Regis Rom.) Foed. I 622b; a1400 ad capescendam ejus benivolenciorem dominacionem Meaux III 222n; 1424 ob ‥ pleniorem veritatis informacionem capiscendam EpAcOx 11.  d rura relinquentes caelorum regna capessunt Aldh. VirgV 2343. 2 to undertake, undergo. thalamorum ut jura capessat Aldh. VirgV 1267; priusquam earum bellatores pugnam ullam capescerent Enc. Emmae II 4; ad ~enda pericula nec impetuosus nec preceps Gir. EH I 43. 3 to grasp, comprehend. ad capescenda sacre scripture mysteria R. Bury Phil. 11. 168; sunt multe †manieres [? l. maneries] proposicionum pro suis denominacionbius ~endis Wycl. Log. II 210.

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