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effrenare

effrenare [CL] , (p. pl.) unbridled, unrestrained: a (of person); b of abstr.). a ~atus, abruptus [? l. arreptus], immoderatus GlC E 59; ad omnes illicitum ~ati, quicquid flagitii mente [v. l. menti] occurrebat promptissime peragebant G. Steph. I 1; s1245 Wallenses ~ati iterum insurrexerunt in regem W. Guisb. 182; s1381 quod ‥ domini cum armata manu in Canciam ‥ ad sedandum ‥ populum taliter ~atum transirent V. Ric. II 32.  b Aldh. VirgP 35 (v. cachinnus); per ~atam loquendi licentiam Bald. Cant. Tract. 1. 414A; ne ~ata libertate luxurient Gir. GE II 8; 1306 (v. collatio 6b).

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