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liliare [LL p. ppl. only] 1 to make white as a lily (also fig.). Hanv. I 283 (v. deliliare); illic illimes bysso candencius undas / liliat argentum, partimque argenteus auro / amnis inauratur Ib. IV 73; liliat ergo rosas nives caro casta colore Nig. Poems 401; intus et exterius sic castam liliat edem Garl. Epith. VI 487; quem alebas tenere, / cui lac dabas liliatum, / cum egeret ubere J. Howd. Sal. 36. 10; juvent me pueri, quos pudicicia / intacta liliat et nevi nescia, / qui nondum senciunt carnis incendia Walt. Wimb. Palpo 166; 1432 septem alie virgines lacteis ~iate vestitibus (J. Carpenter) MGL III 459 app. 2 to adorn with lilies. ostensis e monumentis vetustiorum principum sceptris, coronis, foliis, vestibus ~iatis Spelman Asp. 37; ut liliaco Gallorum clypeo omnem conferat admirationem ‥ e coelis eum Francis obtigisse ‥ hallucinatur Ib. 138.

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