nexare

nexare, ~ere [CL] 1 to tie up, bind. tormentorum genera ‥ filiam ~atura cruentus carnifex ‥ machinatur Aldh. VirgP 47; trementes catene pede ~are devitant Eadmer Wilf. 36; 1323 in j catena empt’ pro equis ~andis in stabulo iiij d. Sacr. Ely II 30. 2 to knit. 1555 caligae nexat’ ‥ iij s. iiij d. pair AcWardr 428/5 f. 19.