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exarescere

exarescere [CL], exarēre 1 (intr.) to become very dry, dry out. b to wither, waste away, dry up; c (fig.). quia tota tectura pre diuturnitate nimia ~uerat eo citius ‥ ignis ‥ excrescebat R. Cold. Godr. 157; Ib. 70 (v. coctura 1); sic ager in vere floriger ante messem ~uit R. Bury Phil. prol. 6.  b pes ille cum crure statim ~uit Gir. TH II 48; ulcus horrendum ‥ totaliter ~escens ‥ decrevit in nichilum Mir. Hen. VI IV 132.  c Anselm (Or. 7) III 24 (v. exardescere 2c); exharet H. Avr. CG f. 7. 19 (v. exarare 1b); membra tremunt dato judicio, / cor exaret concussum tedio J. Howd. Ph. 547. 2 (trans.) to dry out, wither. s1292 ventus validus herbas urendo ~uit Plusc. VIII 17.

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