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edomare [CL] 1 to tame, subdue: a animals; b men (or their natures); c ‘the flesh’; d the elements. a c750 accipitres ‥ qui ‥ ad ‥ artem [grues captandi] animo agiles ac bellicosi educantur et ~antur ac doceantur [sic] (Æthelberht) Ep. Bonif. 105; pro ‥ novis ferruris affrorum primo ~itorum Ac. Beaulieu 264.  b 1108 expectavimus ‥ ut ferocia gentis illius [Teutonicae] ~aretur (Lit. Papae) Ep. Anselm. (452) V 400; barbare nationis feritatem ‥ ~itam Gir. EH pref. p. 224; s1213 homines ‥ ~are (v. clericaster); gens [Suecie] cujus potentia ‥ totius fere Asie et Europe partem maximam multis temporibus ~avit Bart. Angl. XV 153.  c Bede Tab. 483 (v. concupiscibilis 2a); abstinentia semet ipsum ~ans Ælf. Æthelwold 6; R. Cold. Cuthb. 91 (v. curiositas 3); quot crucibus corporee afflictionis carnis sue incentiva ~averit Chr. Rams. 23; Ad. Eyns. Hug. II 2 (v. contritio 1c); 1283 (v. crucifixio c).  d oceanus ejusque barbaros motus, quos terreni principes ~are ferro nequiverant Bede HE II 1 p. 78. 2 (p. ppl.) tamed. b (by conf.) untamed. 9‥ ~iti, þæs atemedan WW; ~itis, getaccodon GlP 1022.  b ~itus, untemed, wilde GlH E 69.

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