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delibuere

delibuere [CLp. ppl. only] , to anoint, besmear (also fig.). b (p. ppl., fig.) steeped, filled. c stained, defiled. liciis olei liquore ~utis Aldh. VirgP 36; ~utus, perunctus, infusus; ~uit, unxit GlC D 38–9; ~utus, gesmirwid Ib. D 264; 9‥ †dilibatus, gesmyred WW; contigit ut ad laudem ‥ Trinitatis tertio mererer consecrari, ~utus ‥ sanctificati chrismatis perunctione Abbo Edm. 8; seram arripuit manu, quae ‥ eum est subsecuta quasi pessulus non esset in ea ac veluti foret oleo ~uta Lantfr. Swith. 27; 1228 (v. collyrium b); ~utus, A. be bawdyd or untyd WW.  b c770 multa sum laeticia ~utus (Lit. Archiep. Ebor.) Ep. Bonif. 124; 797 unde ego totus gaudio ~utus Alcuin Ep. 125.  c c1106 ut sanguine et lacrimis pauperum ~utus thronum tantae dignitatis ascendat (Lit. Archiep. Ebor.) Ep. Anselm. (373) V 317.

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