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inviscerare

inviscerare [LL] 1 to fix in the viscera (also fig.). b (fig.) to take to the heart, love dearly. c (p. ppl. as adj., of emotion) heartfelt. viscus ‥ per compositionem ~o ‥ i. aliquid intra viscera ponere Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 619; [natura] gemmas inviscerat undis, / phebificans auras, stellas intexit Olimpo Hanv. I 239; pauperibus dandos reditus inviscerat et qui / cuncta dedit nulla contingit portio Christum Ib. V 67; egritudo solita et ~ata plus solito, velut tortor sevissimus, totum hominem occupabat J. Furness Walth. 89; ydolatrie inveterate et ~ate Id. Pat. 36; heresis virulenta ~ata manet Gerv. Cant. Chr. I 271; cibum sitit et lac inviscerat, / quod de mamme celo descenderat J. Howd. Ph. 21; renascens proditor virus inviscerat / et onus olidum quod olim fuderat Walt. Wimb. Sim. 15.  b certa debes spe presumere ‥ in presenti per penitentie fervorem te ~andum Ad. Scot Serm. 375D; legamus ‥ cancellario nostro, quem jam diu nobis ~avimus, cuppam nostram R. Bocking Ric. Cic. I 16.  c 1433 quem ad cathedram exaltari pastoralem ‥ tocius populi ~ata affectat adopcio EpAcOx 98. 2 to penetrate (something) to the viscera. ut naturam humanam a peccati lege ~atam ‥ reconciliaret J. Ford Serm. 25. 7.

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