introgredi

introgredi [CL] 1 to go into, enter (defined space, area; also fig.): a (trans.); b (w. adv.); c (w. per indicating place of entry); d (absol.). a introgressus cubiculum Bede CuthbP 29; postquam nostram introgressus es domiculam Lantfr. Swith. 1; introgressus monasterium substitit in limine W. Cant. V. Thom. II 40. b sacra scriptura est petra olei perforata ‥ de qua Job [xxix 6] ‥; perforatur autem per acutas et subtiles expositiones, ut anima devota intrinsecus introgressa in Christi amplexibus delectetur cum sponsa Holcot Wisd. 4. c ascendebant agmina letancium, mox ut fuissent per januam introgressi Ad. Eyns. Visio 55. d S. Cuthberti limina adiit et repente introgressus in medio posterioris partis ecclesie proruit R. Cold. Cuthb. 126 p. 272; [imperator] introgressus introivit chorum R. Niger Chr. I 45. 2 to enter upon (journey; in quot., fig.). s1260 viam est universe carnis ‥ introgressus [v. l. ingressus] Flor. Hist. II 450.

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