conquiniscere

conquiniscere [CL] 1 to stoop, bend down, crouch. b to writhe. c (fig.) to abate. eo dormitante, ~endo adest sibi elegans in somnis persona Herm. Arch. 33; viso coruscantis astri terrore, ~ens, “venisti” inquit W. Malm. GR II 225; qui crebro caput inclinans, quasi jam somno imminente, ~it H. Bos. Thom. II 6 p. 171; canis ~ens visus est annuere quod senescallus petebat Neckam NR II 157.  b ~it nunc hac nunc illac W. Dan. Ep. 63.  c tempestas tota quiescit, turbo ~it (V. Aldh.) W. Malm. GP V 224. 2 (? by conf. w. coinquinare) to dirty. morionem ‥ respicio, ut colluvio se conquexerat [gl.il avoit soile] Balsh. Ut. 47.