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1 carminare 1 to express in song. b to celebrate in song. sequentia ‥ quinis aut senis vel etiam septenis metrorum versibus ‥ ~antur Aldh. Met. 6.  b cujus immensa munera / nequeo ‥ / carminare concentibus / celsae laudis stridentibus (Æthelwald) Carm. Aldh. 3. 15. 2 to charm, cure or affect by enchantment. [quedam Cantuariensis] in carminibus et incantationibus quibusdam exercitata debilem Judaice [mulieris] pedem ~are consueverat Ben. Pet. Mir. Thom. II 20; sicut ‥ nec doluit [plaga Christi] nec putredinem fecit, nec faciat plaga ista quam carm[in]o in nomine Patris [etc.] Gilb. II 87. 1; [demones] aliquando apparent ymaginarie, ut in ungue pueri virginis ~ati Bacon V 6; tamquam per virtutem carminum et caracterum magnes ~atus [ferrum] traheret Id. Tert. Sup. 50; 1282 j d. in morbidis porcis domini ~andis (Worcs) MinAc 1070/15 r. 1 (cf. ib. 1070/8 r. 1: 1289 j d. in porcis domini scindendis et ~andis); 1286 in averiis ~andis pro communi morina in patria ij s. vij d. (Devon) Ib. 827/39 r. 1; 1286 in j bove ~ando j d. [ed.: ‘in carminating 1 ox’] Rec. Elton 22; carminacionem per quam mures ~ati a segetibus ‥ arceantur Latin Stories 67; hic fortassis idolatre respondebunt, dicentes illud materiale idolum non per se materialiter esse Deum, sed cum fuerit modo debito ~atum, dedicatum et consecratum recipere quandam virtutem ‥ Bradw. CD 15E; to charme, incantare, fascinare, ~are CathA.
2 carminare [CL] , to card. b to prepare paper or reed by (?) carding. Gad. 36. 1 (v. 2 cotum).  b recipe lutum sapiencie, sc. cretam, stercus equi et papyrum ~atum, et confice insimul Cutcl. LL 10.

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