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opperiri [CL] 1 to wait. operiremur, expectaremur Gl. Leid. 35. 281; inter maerentes, orantes, opperientes Frith. 1358; operiri, expectare, prestolari Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 403; abbas ‥ coram altare quo rex missam erat auditurus ~iens Chr. Battle f. 60v; to abyde, expectare, prestolari, operiri, perseverare, constare CathA. 2 to wait for, expect, await. finem vite quietus a negotiis Christiana sollicitudine operiens W. Malm. GR III 257; pater ‥ celibatui renuntiavit ‥ futuros heredes ex nova conjuge operiens Ib. V 419; afflaverat ‥ secundus rumor aures ejus Alwoldum ‥ obisse, cujus episcopatum suo uniendum antiquis ‥ regine promissis operiebatur Id. GP II 83 p. 183; dum aut multis diebus ventum operirentur in litore, aut flatu ‥ in altum provecti statim repellerentur Ib. III 129; nullum certum determinavit diem quo ‥ accusati venientem operiri debuissent Chr. Rams. 122.

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