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obstinare [CL], ~ari [LL] 1 to resist, oppose. b (w. inf.) to resist doing, to refuse obstinately. ~at, opponit GlC O 79. b 1450 ille ‥ qui sic ~atur solvere quod justum est debet solvere ‥ unam libram cere BB Wint. f. 33. 2 to persist: a (w. in & abl.). b (p. ppl. as adj., of attitude or behaviour) persistent, determined. Judei nimis ~ati sunt in infidelitate sua T. Chobham Praed. 79. b quorum ~atam importunitatem cum ‥ frustrari non posset Aldh. VirgP 37. 3 (p. ppl.) stubborn, obstinate: a (as adj.); b (w. ad & gd.); c (as sb. m.) stubborn or obstinate man. a si non ~atus conjugis animus divortium negaret Bede HE IV 11 p. 225; ~atus, pertinax, anwilla Ælf. Sup. 172; hanc ~atam mundi zonam, armis gentium et daemonum septam, Augustinus invadit Gosc. Aug. Maj. 50; ~atus, ‥ in malo confirmatus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 403; ~ata malitia in propriam perniciem detestaris Gir. TH I 15; hoc ‥ grave peccatum est et ~ate mentis signum, quod nullo peccato intelligis te gravatum P. Blois Ep. 118. 349B. b me ab hiis qui ~atiores sunt ad credendum temeritatis ‥ calumpniaretur ‥ Gosc. Wulsin 12; s1141 cum enim videret regios comites ita ~atos ad persequendum ut ‥ W. Malm. HN 506 p. 66. c corda ‥ ~atorum calore veri solis non tabescunt ‥ sed ‥ induratur in lapidem T. Chobham Serm. 23. 90vb. 4 (animo ~ato or sim., as quasi-adv.) resolutely, obstinately. s1139 pauci milites in castello animis ~atis se includentes W. Malm. HN 480 p. 36; ille ~ato corde in obsidione perduravit Ord. Vit. XI 20 p. 225; quas tamen [premonitiones] omnes animo ~ato et corde indurato ‥ contempsit Gir. IK I 6; 1303 filii Belial, qui hostinatis animis ad exercenda nefaria velociter currere sunt edocti Reg. Carl. II 51. 5 (p. ppl. as adj.) stunned. 1212 illam verberavit quodam baculo et jactavit ultra quendam truncam ita quod ipsa ita ~ata fuit quod non potuit postea per xviij dies audire SelPlCrown 59. 6 (p. ppl. as adj.) desperate, hopeless. ~atus, desperatus GlC O 85.

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