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novercari [LL], ~are 1 to act like a stepmother (fig., w. ref. to harshness, cruelty, or enmity); b (w. dat.); c (w. in & acc.); d (pres. or p. ppl. as adj.) harsh, cruel. [tyrannus] non patrocinari revera novit sed per omnia ~ari Gir. PI I 16 p. 56; 1257 ~ante fortuna Cl 154; anus metit mors rugosas / et puellas speciosas / aliquando percutit, / lacque colli papulando, / frontis viva novercando / tenerosas excutit Walt. Wimb. Van. 144; siquidem vita brevis ‥ inutilis demum occupacio nos impediunt multa scire, ~ante semper oblivione memorie inimica Higd. I prol. p. 4; s1461 o rota versatilis nimis! oque rotabilis axis! / sorte novercante fatoque modum variante, / corruit Henricus (Vers.) Reg. Whet. I 414.  b cui nunquam temeraria presumpcio ~ata est, cum in omne periculum quasi cecus irruerit Map NC II 19 f. 30; nec aliud suis causabatur profectibus ~ari et gaudiis nisi temporis brevitatem Ad. Eyns. Hug. I 10 p. 34; otium ‥ continuum virtutibus ‥ ~atur Gir. Symb. I 10 p. 235; rose rubor suis audet / nodis explicari, / Aquilonem sibi gaudet / jam non novercari P. Blois Carm. 1. 3. 40; adversitates quam plurime regno ~arunt Favent 2; fatigacionis futuris temporibus inopinate ~averit Ib. 21.  c hinc pater extirpat, pater ~atur in filios Ep. Cant. 206.  d poteram et hoc mihi titulum mutasse feliciter, et fortune ~antis etiam in nomina delusisse prudenter ineptias D. Lond. Ep. 3; c1396 alma mater nostra ‥ ~ati nominis infamiam et vocabulum assumere non veretur FormOx 423. 2 (trans.) to treat as a stepchild (i. e. harshly or unjustly). eas [postulaciones] annuere nolumus, nec regni nostri populum propter pastoris absenciam fore sinere ~atum Dictamen 342. 3 to have as a steprelative: a (filia ~ata) stepdaughter; b (p. ppl. as sb. f.) stepsister on the mother's side; c (p. ppl. as sb. m.) stepbrother on the mother's side. a rex ‥ filiam habuit ~atam Sim. Glasg. V. Kentig. 1.  b steppsyster on the modyrs syde, ~ata, -te, fem., prime PP.  c steppebroder on the moderys syd, ~atus, -ti PP.

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