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parentare [CL =to perform rite at the Parentalia], ~ari 1 (intr.) to act as parent (also fig.). uxor Ade ‥ primo peccato prima solvit jejunia ‥ . ~avit inobedientia [v. l. inobedienciam] que ‥ non absistet expugnare feminas Map NC IV 3 f. 44v; ~o, to fadren & madren Medulla f. 47v.. 2 to imitate or resemble parents. ~are [v. l. ~ari], parentes imitari Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 481. 3 to appear as inherited feature or sim., be inherited. quem pater in oculo casuali lesione sustinuit, eadem in parte defectus in filio ~avit Gir. IK II 7 p. 132. 4 (trans.) to beget, give birth to, produce (in quots., transf. & fig.). corve decore decens superas splendore parentes [ed. Hervieux: cignum candore parentas] Walt. Angl. Fab. 15. 3; equum suum ‥ obtulit comiti scandendum sua reputans pretiosiorem comitis salutem. factum consimile vereor rarissimos ~are sequentes Itin. Ric. IV 33 p. 301; uxor Ade ‥ ~avit inobediencia [v. l. inobedienciam] Map NC IV 3 f. 44v supra).

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