1 contristare
v. constrictare
2 contristare
[CL]
, to sadden, grieve, distress.
9‥ [WW (v. consternare)]; quia ex ~are consequitur quod blasphematur Christianitas
[Lanfr. Comment. Paul. (Rom. xiv 15) 150]; Vortegirnus quasi ~atus in fletum erupit
[G. Mon. VI 8]; ~ari fugite, stupefieri vilipendite
[(Sermo) Osb. Bawdsey clxxiii]; nulla temporis intemperies ‥ hilares hic ~at
[Gir. TH I 33]; [pupilla oculi] in mediis coloribus et figuris ‥ delectatur, corrumpitur in extremis aut saltem propter disconvenientiam ~atur
[Bart. Angl. V 7]; Dominus noster sic adjuratus negare non potest ‥ nec †~ari [? l. ~are] rogantem [ME: sweamen hire heorte] per negationem
[AncrR 127]; s1387 favebat sibi ‥ rex, nolens ipsum in aliquo ~ari [Wals. HA II 160: ~are]
[V. Ric. II 84].