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evirescere

evirescere [CL = to lose strength; cf. virescere] , to grow green, flourish (also fig.). a vireo, viresco, quod componitur ~esco Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 598; [mundo dediti] virescunt in yeme peregrinacionis, refrigescente caritate multorum, sed in estate diei novissime propter defectum radicacionis in Christo ex ardore solis justicie evanescunt; sed tune fideles ‥ cum pastor eorum apparuerit, ~escunt Wycl. Eccl. 197; ab hac herba [sc. Ioanne Clemente], †qua [l. quae] et Latinis literis et Graecis coepit ~escere, egregiam ‥ frugem spero More Ut. 5.

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