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perhorrescere

perhorrescere [CL], perhorrere [LL] 1 to be or become (thoroughly) horrible or dreadful; (pr. ppl. as adj.) (thoroughly) horrible or dreadful, that inspires dread or horror. ad castra que ~escens sauciabat inedia Ord. Vit. IX 9 p. 523. 2 (of storm) to rage (in a horrific manner). s1171 in nocte Natalis Domini tempestas valida ~uit Flor. Hist. II 83. 3 to be (thoroughly) horrified (at), to dread, fear greatly; b (w. acc.); c (w. inf.) to be thoroughly reluctant (to), be loath (to). contuitu mirabili ~emus quia nec ipsum tempus ‥ nec ipsum querentibus quid sit ‥ revelare valemus H. Reading (I) Dial. VII 1242B.  b alioquin et proscriptionem rerum ‥ insuper et capitale discrimen ~escit [gl.: he ordered] Aldh. VirgP 35 p. 277; quod ‥ scopulosas ‥ collisiones ‥ minime ~uerint [gl.: pertinescunt] Ib. 59 p. 321; non diabolum pertimescens sed mortem quae invidia diaboli intravit in orbem terrarum naturali carnis fragilitate ~escens Bede Tab. 928; 960 quam injustitiam ego ipse perhurrescens CS 1057; non balistam aut alias belli Machinas ~escit W. Cant. V. Thom. II 41; adnullacionem ‥ appropriationis, renitente ‥ capitulo ‥ ~entes, promisimus ‥ capitulo quod ‥ quatuor marcas annuatim eis solvere teneremur Meaux II 234.  c 933 si quis ‥ non ~escat machinari decretum sciat se ‥ cum Juda proditore ‥ periturum CS 694; qui Christi esse desiderant carnem cum vitiis ‥ crucifigere non ~escunt Ælnoth Cnut 26 p. 132b; nimium ~ebant per superbiam et injusticiam subire conflictus detestabiles Ord. Vit. IV 12 p. 257; nova servicii genera regi facere ~entes Meaux II 266. 4 (gdv.) that inspires (complete) dread or disgust, horrendous. ~enda periclitabantur eduliorum inopia Ord. Vit. IX 9 p. 529; s1306 hujus antem caput super pontem Londoni ‥ super lanceam, cunctis nationibus ~endum spectaculum, est affixum Flor. Hist. III 134; hereses ‥ auribus fidelium ~endas ‥ hereticus in suis sermonibus publice docuit Ockham Dial. 972; s1380 cernere ~endum spectaculum Chr. Angl. 265; virum ‥ ~endum Liv. Op. 75.

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