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parturire [CL] 1 to (be about to) give birth, be in labour; b (transf. or fig.). c (pr. ppl. as sb. f.) woman in labour. cum ~iendi tempus inmineret et viscera ‥ ignota violentia vexarentur Felix Guthl. 4; contigit quadam die quum tempus adesset pasturiendi [l. parturiendi] ut ‥ Byrht. V. Ecgwini 364; ne dominam ~ientem inquietarent W. Malm. GP III 100 p. 212; secundum immunditiam mulieris ~ientis [v. l. parientis] Bald. Cant. Serm. 17. 13. 503. b catacizatus et ~ientis [gl.: generantis, nascentis, licere] gratiae vulva in baptisterio regeneratus Aldh. VirgP 43 p. 295; jam ‥ ultra trium mensium tempora quibus semina rerum sumerent incrementa ~ientibus terris negabatur nutrix pluvia Gosc. Transl. Mild. 17; ergo nunc ~it apostolus [cf. Gal. iv 19], tunc ipse Dominus pariet G. Hoyland Ascet. 254D; pauperibus Christi siquid dat dives avarus / dat facie tristi, dat parturiens, dat amarus Walt. Wimb. App. 2. 9. 13. c post ‥ gravissimas tanquam ~ientis angustias Gir. IK I 2 p. 28; in terra prostratum ‥ more ~ientis vel dementis Mir. Montf. 104. 2 to desire to give birth. hec ‥ duobus partubus, altero alterius sexus, contenta in posterum et parere et ~ire destitit W. Malm. GR V 418; ~io, parere desidero Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 466. 3 to (be about to) bear, give birth to, bring forth: a (person, also fig; b (animal); c (of plant or tree; also fig.). a quem antequam regenerantis gratiae vulva ~iret [gl.: gigneretur, concepisset] Aldh. VirgP 26 p. 260; genuistis eum ad fidem, ~istis eum ad Christianam religionem V. Birini 1; dulcis nutrix, dulcis mater, quos filios ~is aut nutris nisi quos in fide Christi docendo gignis et erudis? Anselm (Or. 10) III 39; beatus Gilebertus iterum ~iens filios in Evangelio Canon. G. Sempr. 57; sane nata Diana ~ienti Apollinem matri dicitur prebuisse obstetricis ocium Alb. Lond. DG 8. 3; Enilath interpretatur parturitas per quod intelligitur beata Virgo Christum ~iens T. Chobham Serm. 13. 49vb; c1410 universitas ‥ genitrix omnium nostrum ‥ quem semel genuit dignum meritis senatorem, iterum parturiter [? l. parturire] desiderat eximium patriarcham FormOx 195. b quum tempus adesset †pasturiendi [l. parturiendi] ut sus ‥ clam se abderet ‥ praegnans Byrht. V. Ecgwini 364; que in lune crementis ejecta vermiculos hortis ~iunt Alb. Lond. DG 7. 2. c ubi ad videndas vineas et mala punica si florent aut fructus ~iant venerimus [cf. Cant. vii 12] Bede Cant. 1202; spei bone fructum de futuri regni sceptro genitoribus ~ivit Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 3; videte ‥ si flores fructus ~iunt Ad. Scot QEC 15. 826B; quod ver gignit et parturit estas nutrit et provehit Gir. TH I 6 p. 27. 4 (fig.) to conceive, bring about, to cause to happen. a797 majores ejus dilectiones majores postea ~ient dolores Alcuin Ep. 68; illi miserabile ~ivit detrimentum Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 1 p. 67; Orientales et Northanimbros, jam dudum discessionem a rege ~ientes, in statu continuit W. Malm. GR II 121; tunc Walterius pulchrum facinus animo ~iens Ib. IV 333; nec ‥ in corde ~iebas jactantiam, si haberet multorum obsequelam Id. Wulfst. III 16; eis ‥ immensam deletionem strictis gladiis ~iebant Ord. Vit. IX 10 p. 562; carnalis affectus quem ~it quidam hominis exterioris ornatus Ailr. Spec. Car. III 27. 600D.

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