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grassari [CL] 1 to prowl about, act in a predatory or menacing manner. b (of storm or sim., also fig.) to rage; c (w. abstr. subj.). in terris gradior, sed nubila vertice tango, / terrificas grassans germanas subsequor una Bonif. Aen. (Superbia) 264; ~or ‥ i, crudeliter agere, tyrannizare Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 249, 261; R. Cold. Cuthb. 63 (v. crapulare c); canum in te ~antium species (Milburga) NLA II 189; 1279 multis ‥ in hoc profane crassantibus laboris hujusmodi profectum invenimus defuisse Peckham Ep. 48; 1287 personis ecclesiasticis certa sunt stipendia constituta, ne dum sumptus queritur predo crassetur Conc. Syn. 1023; 1299 quod ‥ tanquam filium ‥ degenerem in matrem suam crassandi animum provocaret Reg. Cant. II 561; navibus ‥ ~antibus Fordun Cont. X 16 (v. exagitare 1b); 1303 crassentibus [? l. grassantibus] Reg. Carl. II 52 (v. crassēre b); si ‥ animo crassandi maliciose intulisset [sc. damna] ‥ compensabuntur J. Burgh PO V 5 f. 42.  b grassante procella Aldh. Aen. 95 (Scilla) 9; tempestatis grando grandis graviter ~ata est, ‥ de Thoma in Thomam, de illo in Thurstinum H. Cantor 8v.  c famis ‥ evangelici cibi ‥ ~atur in vobis Gildas EB 85; enormitas ~atur O. Cant. Pref. Frith. 13 (v. enormitas); ~ans dolor non potuit dissimulari Gosc. Lib. Confort. 27; intus ~ari ardor inimicus ceperat Id. Edith 71; hujusmodi lavacro ‥ est extincta libido, nec ~ari potius vigor illius potuit Gir. GE II 10. 2 (trans.) to vex, afflict; b (s. pass.). c to kill. cum effera persecutorum rabies ‥ ecclesiae tirones feralibus edictis ‥ ~aretur Aldh. VirgP 30; falconum ‥ quos necessitas instigat ‥ sorices crudeliter insectando ~ari Ib. 58; Carm. Aldh. 1. 52 (v. grando 2a); subito illum nequam spiritus ~ari coepit Felix Guthl. 41; tam feroci impetu ~ati sunt nostros quod ‥ eos ‥ retrocedere compulerunt G. Hen. V 13.  b cum ‥ comes ‥ ab inmundi spiritus ‥ vexatione miserabiliter ‥ ~aretur Felix Guthl. 42.  c to murther, †crasso CathA. 3 (w. ref. to poison or illness) to rage; b (transf., of wound). pestilentia longe lateque ~ante Hist. Abb. Jarrow 3; totam vim veneni ~antis ‥ absumsisse Bede HE I 1 p. 13; ~ante ‥ cotidiana infirmitate Alcuin WillP 28; viscera ‥ vi ~antis veneni cruciabantur Wulf. Æthelwold 19; s1167 crassante mortalitate xxv milia hominum mortui sunt Torigni Chr. 231.  b s1272 vulneribus ejus veneno ~antibus multis Eul. Hist. III 136.

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