1 consuēre
v. consuescere
2 consuĕre
[CL; cf. 2 cusare]
1 to sew, stitch (together). b to sew up (in a cover). c to ‘clothe’ (mill-sails). d (w. dat. or ad) to sew on, attach by sewing.
[Aldh. VirgP 6 (v. 1 codex a)]; ~tum, gesiowed
[GlC C 557]; 799 adferens mihi cappam Romano more ~tam
[Alcuin Ep. 184]; ~unt lembum taurinis byrsis
[Æthelw. IV 3]; habens fila et acus ad ~endum
[Lanfr. Const. 183]; [Gir. TH III 36 (v. cymbula)]; 1315 tunica cum bestiis et arboribus aureis desuper ~tis
[Invent. Ch. Ch. 57] (cf. [ib. 60]: alba ‥ ~ta et brudata de diversis scutis
); 1428 duos lectos cum curtinis de maxima assisa prompte ~tos
[(Cl) Foed. X 392]. b 9‥ contegit, i. ~it, bepeacp
[WW]; corpus patris in cuculla decenter coopertum undique ~erunt
[R. Cold. Godr. 309]; vix qui corpus sindone ~erent ‥ inventi sunt
[Gir. PI III 28 p. 305]. c 1282 in lx ulnis panni ‥ ad vela molendini ‥ in eisdem ~endis
[Ac. Man. Cant. (Cliffe)]. d 1316 dictus articulus ad dictum processum erat ~tus
[MGL II 173]; 1320 execucio istius brevis patet in panello huic brevi ~to
[MunCOx 35]; 1352 per commissionem ‥ huic inquisicioni ~tam
[Mem. Ripon 235]; 1375 virtute litterarum ‥ compoto de hoc anno †~tari [l. ~tarum]
[Rec. Leic. II 160]; s1400 in quadam cedula ipsi brevi ~ta
[Meaux III 283].
2 to tack on, add.
fabricantur mendacia, ~untur detractiones detractionibus
[Brakelond 143v]; s1453 tam perseveranter ‥ laboravit ut procuraret ‥ provisionem congruam bille dicte infra domum illam [sc. inferiorem Parliamenti] ~i
[Reg. Whet. I 93].
3 to pierce.
s1138 Scotti et Picti ‥, videntes se confodi et ~i sagittis
[J. Hex. HR Cont. 294]; gigantis equum a fronte ~it in armos
[Map NC III 2 p. 118].