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expolire [CL] 1 to polish; b (fig.). c (p. ppl.) smooth, flat. d (fig.) worn down. e[x]politum, ornatum GlC E 418; 9‥ ~ietur, sie areaht WW; sub ~ita ‥ materia, ornata, culta to asworfenum oran GlP 227; expollio, A. to pulshe, or furby WW.  b c790 eo magis vestrae indigent [libelli] defensionis quo minus ab auctore proprio ~iti sunt Alcuin Ep. 120; ut ‥ humanam naturam vetustate ~iens innovaris Nunnam. f. 21v; eloquium ‥ schematis hujus lima ‥ ~itum Gir. DK I 12.  c exclusos ‥ quam ‥ ~itissima planicies ‥ indefensos patencius exponebat Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 59 p. 151.  d quid ‥ facerent Cantuarienses monachi tot tunsionibus et pressuris ~iti [? l. expositi] Gerv. Cant. Chr. 404. 2 to improve, finish, perfect. 1173 ad ~ienda suscepte cause merita, que per se patent, mens inops et victa lingua succumbat J. Sal. Ep. 311 (313); domus insignitur, / insignis interius foris expolitur, / expolita domine sue custoditur Garl. Epith. V Summa 30–1.

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