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comminuere

comminuere [CL] , to crush, crumble, grind; b (fig.). saltus, scopulos, stagni ferrique metalla / comminuens Aldh. Aen. 44 (Ignis) 6; grana ‥ molendo in farinae similaginem ~ebat R. Cold. Godr. 68; ut ‥ crucifixi imaginem ferro membratim ~eret Gir. GE II 11 p. 224; iste rex [Hen. V] statuas hereticorum justicie malleo †communivit [? l. comminuit] et in cineres redegit Capgr. Hen. 123.  b tanta hanc [haeresim] instantia ‥ conminuit ut nullus exinde sit inventus qui ejus resuscitator existeret Bede HE II 1 p. 76; his [molis mentis] verbum Dei ~itur Bald. Cant. Sacr. Alt. 762a (cf. ib.: altera [mola est] in judicio rationis, que circuit querendo et ~it discernendo).

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