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carpere [CL] 1 to pluck, crop, gather, harvest; b (fig.). c (w. auram) to take, inhale. d (w. iter or sim.) to take, undertake. e to reach, attain. f to win, reap, enjoy. fructus agrorum viridi de cespite ruris / carpo Aldh. Aen. 34 (Locusta) 3; vidit equum ‥ tecta casae ~entem ore Bede CuthbP 5; consueto equorum more ‥ virecta herbarum ‥ ~ere coepit Id. HE III 9; 9‥ ~ere, arripere, twiccian, ‥ ~it, ploccap WW; a simili jumentorum, que non radicitus vellunt herbas sed sumitates †~iunt Gir. GE II 3; in vinea †~ienda et suppodienda Ac. Beaulieu 51V.  b quos proprie casti carpunt de rure maniplos Aldh. VirgV 120; amor cerpsit in horto virginis / virginantis, fructum dulcedinis J. Howd. Ph. 235.  c auram nudato capite liberius ~as, ‥ mors imminet Gir. TH I 35.  d per discolos philosophorum anfractus iter ~ere Aldh. Ep. 3; cum viam ~eret R. Cold. Cuthb. 48; dum iter ~entes venimus ‥ coram villa G. Hen. V 9.  e litus amoenum / remige te carpat G. Amiens Hast. 9.  f carpens aetema gaudia (Æthelwald) Carm. Aldh. 2. 94; faucibus invidiae sic gloria carpitur atris Aldh. VirgV 1647. 2 to pluck, tease, card (wool). b to tear, mangle; c (fig.). d to carp (at), vilify. nec radiis carpor duro nec pectine pulsor Aldh. Aen. 33 (Lorica) 5; nec pectrix, nec nens ‥ / sint ibi, nec carpens lanam nec lina flagellans D. Bec. 2215; Neckam NR 171 (v. 1 colus a); 1395 habetis ‥ comas pro lana ~enda Cl 236 m. 12; to tese wolle, ~ere, elicere CathA.  b quatenus ‥ ursorum genuinis ~erentur Aldh. VirgP 36; ~ebat, sclat GlC C 263; 9‥ ~ebantur, wæran slitene WW.  c cum ‥ tacitis mentis angoribus et caeco ~eretur igni [cf. Verg. Aen. IV 2] Bede HE II 12; judex cum fueris ‥ / munere palpatus non discas carpere jura D. Bec. 1485.  d indiscreto boni malique judicio ~ebantur Gildas EB 21; cum ab aemulis dente canino ~eretur Aldh. Met. 10 p. 90; 9‥ ~ere, telan WW; reprehendere scimus et scribere ignoramus; ~ere appetimus et ~i meremur Map NC V 1.

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