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circumlinere

circumlinere, ~ire [CL] , to bedaub, anoint. b (fig.) to flatter, cajole. s1138 jussit ut obices vasorum ‥ crismate ~linirentur J. Worc. 47; lignorum fasciculos sulfure, nitro piceque ~litos Liv. Hen. V 20a.  b s1307 favore frivolo ~linitus, rex contulit ‥ Petro ‥ comitatum Cornubie Flor. Hist. III 139.

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