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densere

densēre [CL], ~escere [LL] , to be or grow thick. b (w. abl.) to be thick with, to be crowded in. c to become condensed. d to come thick and fast. in summo capitis densescit vertice vellus Aldh. Aen. 91 (Palma) 8; ~escit, †spissas [l. spissat], þiccaþ GlH D 180; ~eo, -es, -ui, verb. neut. et caret supino; inde ~esco, -is, verbum inchoat. Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 171; to be thyke, ~ere, con-, constipare CathA.  b inde prava seges glitibus densescet acerbis Aldh. VirgV 2725; [formicae] innumerae †numero [? l. innumero] densescunt milite vero R. Cant. Malch. IV 53.  c aqua de inferioribus hausta, ex quibus aer ~escit et incrassatur Alb. Lond. DG 6. 4; aer facile spissatur in †aqua [? l. aquam], ut in uligine terre perpendimus, que ventis in altum agitata ~escit in pluviam Gerv. Tilb. I 7.  d infidelis populi ad arces solo coequandas impetus undique densessit infestus W. Malm. Mir. Mariae 154; ~escunt murmurationes, fabricantur mendacia Brakelond 143v.

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