laureare

laureare [LL] 1 to crown or wreathe (with laurel or sim.); b (w. ref. to BVM); c (w. ref. to crown of thorns). d (w. ref. to crown of martyrdom). e (p. ppl. or gdv. as sb. m.) martyr. palmatus, coronatus, ~iatus GlC P 105; reginam suis insignibus ~eatam G. Mon. IX 13; coroner, coronare, ~eare Gl. AN Ox. f. 154r; s1415 que omnes ~eate succincte zonis aureis cum calicibus ex auro in manibus G. Hen. V 15 p. 110.  b laurearis vernanti lilio J. Howd. Ph. 5 (v. grandescere 1a); [BVM] laureata lilio Id. Sal. 44. 11.  c ave, cujus nati / spinis laureati / frons confringitur J. Howd. Sal. 8. 2.  d martyr Stephanus paradysum ~eatus ascendit Trop. Wint. 7; quod sanguine ~eati regis curia mesta redierit in sua Pass. Æthelb. 9 tit.; Christiani ‥ exterminio mortui sunt, qui, ut credimus, felici martirio ~eati sunt Ord. Vit. IX 7 p. 505; sanctorum martirum consortes ‥, qui effuso sanguine pro Christo feliciter in celis gaudent ~eati Ib. X 20 p. 130; 1174 Cantuariensis ecclesia, que ‥ martirum sanguine ~eatur Ep. J. Sal. 318 (312).  e pauperes Christi christo Domini [viz. archipresuli] triumphanti ~eatum magis exhibuerunt quam ovatum H. Bos. Thom. V 7 p. 478; et laureandorum jam parce pressuris J. Howd. Cant. 264. 2 to honour, distinguish. b to confer (a degree), to award (a title). c (p. ppl. as sb. m.) man on whom a degree has been conferred, doctor. d (poeta ~eatus) poet laureate, title granted to a distinguished poet, conferred sometimes by universities (cf. OED s. v. laureate A 2b). c770 vive Deo felix, Christi laurate triumphis (Vers.) Ep. Bonif. 124; quis vinctos [? l. victos] ejus premio laureavit, / vinci ab eo statuens gloriosum? J. Howd. Cant. 290; 1430 quem concors scienciarum chorus mirifice ~iavit EpAcOx 60; vos [sc. Hen. VI] qui hoc nomine ~amini Capgr. Hen. pref. 2; 1543 Paulus ‥ papa tertius, ad cujus providentiam spectat ‥ illos qui circa juris utriusque disciplinam continuis studiis ‥ insudarunt ‥ apostolica auctoritate ~eare Form. S. Andr. II 313.  b hoc in agone mecum certasse putaverim omnes quotquot ~eatos Scripturarum titulos asportarunt J. Bury Glad. Sal. 572.  c quatinus Willelmum ‥ judicatis coram nobis et ad instanciam ~eatorum T. Sampson MD 162.  d 1486 cum nos ‥ concesserimus Bernardo Andreae poetae ~eato quandam annuitatem Foed. XII 317; hexastichon Anemolii poetae ~eati More Ut. xciii tit.; Joannes Skeltonus, poeta ~eatus ‥ Bale Index 253. 3 (intr.) to win a victory. ~eare, coronare vel victoriam adquirere Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 329.