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matrissare

matrissare, ~izare [ML] , to look or behave like one’s mother. ~o ‥ i. matri assimilari, unde quidam ‘si bene matrissas luxuriosus eris’ Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 356; s1152 minor ‥ ~issare, i. materni generis imaginem in vultu et moribus pretendere, videbatur W. Newb. HA I 23; est regula generalis quod filii quodammodo plus ~izant quam †partizant [l. patrizant] M. Scot Phys. 7; s1101 Margarete filia in omnibus studuit tam patrissare in moribus quam ~issare M. Par. Min. I 188; to folowe þe moder in maners, ~izare CathA; to folowe modyr in maners, ~issare Ib..

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