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obstipare

1 obstipare v. obsipare
2 obstipare [ML; cf. CL ob-+stipare] 1 to enclose. obstuppaverunt chasciam suam Lib. Mem. Bernewelle 133; de jure adhuc habere deberent chasciam suam cum animalibus ‥ prior levavit sepes et fossatas et chasciam suam obstuppavit Ib. 134. 2 to block, obstruct: a (road); b (watercourse); c (entrance or exit); d (view). a venellas obstupatas ‥ nitebantur aperire Leg. Ant. Lond. 56; 1275 obsturpavit unam venellam cum uno thoralio Hund. I 311b; 1300 obstuppavit viam ‥ Rogeri ita quod ipse non habet ingressum ad terram suam Leet Norw. 51; si sint alique communes venelle obstupate et obstructe Iter Cam. 39; 1425 licebit ‥ eandem viam obstupare Rec. Leic. II 241.  b 1192 omnes lade quas monachi de Saltreia fecerant in illo marisco obstupabuntur, excepta ‥ magna lada ‥ que remanebit aperta Cart. Rams. I 166; c1256 obstupavit quendam cursum de Charewell” descendentem in Thamis” IMisc 10/7; 1288 obstupavit aquam regalem ‥ cum fimis et cineribus Leet Norw. 3.  c exitum ‥ a demonibus ‥ ~atum offendimus W. Malm. GR II 170.  d 12‥ nec ‥ poterimus illum visum qui est de veteri domo ‥ obstupare AncD A 1475. 2 to stop up (crack or hole), to caulk, repair: a (ditch, quay, pond, or sim.); b (ship); c (domestic vessel). a obstupavit altam ripam et salices plantavit Hund. I 197a; 1332 preceptum est villate de B. quod obstipuebit predictam foveam SelCCoron 82; 1333 in dicto wharf rammando et opstupando (Ac. Merstham) DCCant.; 1336 preceptum est obstupare puteum SelCCoron 42.  b 1295 et vj d. ob. in sy” empto et filo inde faciendo pro dicta galea obstupenda KR Ac 5/8 m. 2.  c 1323 in emendacione unius patelle enee et unius olle enee pro ij foramini[bu]s obstupandis, iiij d. Ac. Wellingb. 126; aquam crystallinam quam pone in vase cum longo collo ‥ bene ~atum cum cera Ripley 412. 4 (med.) to constrict, stop by constricting. quod vene et nervi ac fluxus sanguinis predicti J. in hac parte debito modo ibidem obstupentur Entries 127. 5 to stop (payment of money). 1456 vij s. vj d. obstupavit propter Brigmylle ‥ Ac. Almon. Peterb. 62.
3 obstipare [ML; cf. CL obstipus] , to bend, incline. inclinare, ~are Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 261.

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