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lactescere

1 lactescere v. lacessere
2 lactescere [CL] , to begin to produce milk; b (w. ref. to juice or sap of plant). una virgo ab aeterno inventa est in utero habens, et eadem sola inventa est in pectore ~escens. unde in utero habens, inde in pectore ~escens. ‥ opere quippe nature non potuit virgo ~escere, sicut nec in utero habere W. Newb. Serm. 828.  b hic lacturnus ‥ i. qui putabatur preesse segeti ~enti Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 315; †lactessit (v. l. lactescit) Alph. 49 (v. dens 3c).

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