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intabescere

intabescere [CL], intabēre [ML] , to dissolve (fig.), waste away (with grief or love). c1159 licet Mandrogeras grunniat, Trimalchio ~escat, rideat Bromius J. Sal. Ep. 82 (112 p. 183); tabeo componitur contabeo ‥ distabeo, ~eo Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 585; 1182 illa vestra magnanimitas in morte filii vestri mortificata est, et ‥ supervacuis doloribus pueriliter ~escit P. Blois Ep. 2. 4A; feliciorem me reputo, quanto gravius torquetur invidus meus, et miserius ~escit Ib. 92. 289B; Perdicem quoque primo Diane, deinde incesto matris sue amore dicunt ~uisse Alb. Lond. DG 7. 3; hec, vacua viribus, vanis ~escit desideriis Map NC III 2 f. 38v.

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