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madefacere

madefacere [pass.], ~fieri [CL] 1 to make wet, moisten, dampen; b (refl.). signa ‥ gentilis [sc. velleris] rore Sancti Spiritus ~facti [cf. Jud. vi 38] Gildas EB 70; fomes arvina vel sevo ~factus [gl.: umectatus, gesmered] Aldh. VirgP 32 p. 271; ita ut ‥ nec pluvie stillicidium loci ~fecerit ambitum W. Malm. GP I 17 p. 25; fletibus copiosis ~fiebant et lacrimis Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 22; visio madefacta J. Howd. Cant. 338 (v. laurea 1c); si contigerit aliquem pannum altaris aut ex aqua aut ex vino medefactum fieri Cust. Cant. 287.  b in mare currerunt, multis se ~facientibus usque ad mentum V. Ric. II 12. 2 to make drunk, (pass.) to become drunk. CathA (v. madere 3a).

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