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praelibare [CL] 1 to pour as first libation (in quot. transf.). b (~are osculum) to offer a kiss. ~at ‥ Deo intentius thura pure orationis Folc. V. J. Bev. 248.  b episcopo pacis osculum, oblitis occasionibus omnibus, ~avit Chr. Battle f. 83v.. 2 to taste beforehand. b to experience beforehand. c (p. ppl. s. act). d to have a foretaste of, to enjoy in advance (heavenly delight). ~aret, praegustaret GlC P 651; his captus presbiter, ipse quoque in delectationem animum resolverat, spe aucam ~ans W. Malm. Wulfst. III 2; similes sunt illis qui piper vel aliam herbam amaram gustu ~ant, ut vinum post sumptum suavius sapiat Hon. Eluc. 1138C; dum immodicus estatis fervor immineret, quosdam ministrorum altaris cogebat panis et vini modicum ~are Ad. Eyns. Hug. III 13.  b ut numquam cruciationem perpetuam †praelabere [l. praelibare] debeam sed ad indulgentiam pervenire merear omnium criminum Cerne 84 (= Ib. 151); fidentissimus episcopus jam triduana abstinentia ~ata a fratribus, armatus fide ‥ ultro ferramentum invadit Gosc. Transl. Aug. 17C; clerico quiescenti et aliquantum somni ~anti Mir. J. Bev. A 303.  c ut ‥ ab eadem facultate intelligentie pauca ~atus non deterrearis Adel. ED 29.  d norit quantum ‥ hujus adhuc peregrinationis incola, mente superna ~averit gaudia W. Malm. GP I 19; nectar celicum, cujus suavitatem in hiis quoque reclusi angustiis ‥ meruimus ~are, hodie se nobis toto infundet gurgite Ad. Eyns. Hug. IV 12. 3 to touch upon, mention beforehand or in a preliminary manner. b (p. ppl. as adj.) aforementioned. his ‥ breviter ~atis, redeamus ad ordinem narrandi Bede HA 9; 798 perpaucis haec ~avi verbis Alcuin Ep. 143 p. 227; his summatim sic ~atis, dicant nunc isti ‥ factum suum Gir. Invect. I 11; his ~atis considerandum est quid accidat de ortu et occasu signorum Gros. 20; hoc, quamvis in septimo Perspective tradatur, hic duxi necessarium ~are Peckham Persp. I 15; his ita gestis rex, ut ~atum est, in pace quievit Silgrave 89.  b ~ati regis militibus ‥ suadere Enc. Emmae I 2; ad superiorem tabulam abbate cum tribus ~atis comitibus simul etiam recumbentibus G. Herw. f. 332b; s1414 ingressus est in campum in quem ‥ Lollardi disposuerant intrasse; ‥ suspensus est in campo ~ato Chr. Northern 285; 1536 scolaribus in universitate nostra Oxonie ‥ salutem. cum nuper, visitantibus nobis Universitatem nostram ~atam ‥ MunCOx 249.

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