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explere [CL] 1 to fill out, complete, conclude. ~etis igitur ‥ masculini sexus exemplis, ‥ ad ‥ secundi sexus personas ‥ contendamus Aldh. VirgP 39 p. 291; cessabant verba, lacrimae sermonem ~ebant V. Gund. 33 p. 56; secundus ordo [librorum Vet. Test.] continet prophetias, et viij libris ~etur J. Sal. Ep. 143 (209 p. 320) ; vipera mater Adam protendit, suscipit, explet / virus, honus, vulnus Garl. Epith. I 413. 2 to fulfil (desire), satisfy (appetite). Aldh. VirgV 2619 (v. amburere b); cum ‥ ad libidinem ~endam philosophentur J. Sal. Pol. 815A; divitiis autem mali abundant, primo ut mala que concupiscunt justo Dei judicio ~ere per pecuniam valeant Hon. Eluc. 1136D; quomodocumque [concupiscencia] ‥ ~eatur [ME: hit eaver is acwenht] AncrR 73. 3 to perform, complete (ritual). b to fulfil (duty, obligation, promise, or project). c (w. vices) to ‘fill in for’, take place of. ~eta missa Theod. Pen. II 8. 5; ~etis ‥ hymnis matutinalibus Bede HE V 9 p. 297; omnibus secundum seriem ecclesiasticam ~etis Byrht. V. Ecgwini 380; quibus [orationibus] ~etis [p. 418: AS: þam gefylledum] per ordinem RegulC 44; a1077 debita servitia sine casula ~everunt Lanfr. Ep. 13 (14); 1139 ministerium dedicationis ~evi Act. Ep. Linc. 33. b quis vestrum sponte ~everit id quod sequitur: ‘propterea nolite fieri imprudentes’ [Eph. v 17] Gildas EB 102; 716 ut vos ‥ seduli munus ~eatis (Hwætberht Ep.) Hist. Abb. Jarrow 30; opus ~evit mirificum V. Greg. p. 109; ~ere votum Bede HE II 12 p. 107; quod aliud poterunt officium ~ere? Simil. Anselmi 128; anima ‥ suum non valet ~ere conatum Edmund Spec. Relig. 127; 1265 ut ‥ ea que in litteris regis ‥ plenius exequentur [sic] faciant et ~ent Cl 103; in opere ~ete promissionis non reperiuntur nisi tria, sc. exigens et promissio et solvens Gros. Quaest. Theol. 205. c c1147 ut [supprior] vices prioris sui absentis incunctanter ~eret Ch. Durh. 36. 4 a to finish, reach the end of (journey). b to spend, complete, pass (period of time). a namque iteris [sic] longos explevit honeste meatus Frith. 135; presul ‥ laboriosum iter ~evit Ord. Vit. X 9 p. 55. b bilustro ‥ ~eto Gildas EB 12; omnem in ejus obsequio ‥ ~evit aetatem Bede HE V 20; nec non expletos post quattuor exitus annos Alcuin SS Ebor 641; 946 (12c) ~eto siquidem dierum tempore suorum CS 818; expletum triduum menses dum quinque sequuntur Wulf. Swith. I 1083; diem totum in ingenti gaudio ~everunt V. II Off. 24.

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