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profluere [CL] 1 (of liquid) to flow forth; b (of bodily fluid); c (of tears). de rimis lapidum profluxi flumine lento Aldh. Aen. 80 (Calix vitreus) 1; quatuor flumina paradisi ad inrigandam universam terram ‥ ~uunt Egb. Dial. 16 p. 411; pinnicula ~uentis incausti B. V. Dunst. (v. encaustum a); in ~uentem amnem dejicitur W. Fitzst. Thom. prol. 15. b per torcular ‥ patet designari angustiam passionis qua Christi corpus in ligno confixum fuit unde ~uxit sanguis redemptionis et dulcedo vite et salutis Eccl. & Synag. 119; vermibus cum sanie ~uentibus W. Malm. GR II 222; tabes ex putrescentibus carnibus nascitur et donec fuerint putrefacte, ~uere non cessat Ailr. Serm. 395C; nasus vero circa medium exterius quidem sanguine indurato concretus erat, sed liquido patebat de naribus ipsum nequaquam ~uxisse Ad. Eyns. Visio 13A. c priores ‥ cum lacrimis ‥ quae ex Dei caritate ~uunt ‥ illud excipient Gildas EB 1; ex gemino fonte compunctionis solent ~uere lacrymae Alcuin Moral. 620D. 2 (transf. of speech or writing) to flow, come readily. doctorum verba ‥ quaedam mystica latent ‥, quaedam ‥ cunctis audientibus facilia ad intellegendum ~uunt Bede Prov. 991; scripta amenissime ~uencia Mir. Hen. VI I prol. p. 8. , (transf.) to flow on, continue (in quots. of family line). bis senos intima[t] / prosper †patraarcha [l. patriarcha], / Israelitica / fabili prosapia / sena profluxera[n]t / sensiæs [i. e. centies] milia (Arbor eterna) Conc. HS I 623; hec generatio Cain ~uxit usque ad diluvium R. Niger Chr. I 2. 4 (fig.) to overflow with, to abound in (w. abl.). rex ‥ cepit ‥ ecclesiam ‥ venerari, ‥ eleemosynis ~uere, ‥ leges ‥ observare Chr. Rams. 125. 5 to be derived from, to emanate from (w. ab, de or ex & abl.). percussio lateris commemoratio passionis Christi est, de cujus vulnere salus nostra ~uxit Bede Acts 972; o misericordia, de quam opulenta dulcedine et dulci opulentia nobis ~uis Anselm (Prosl. 9) I 107; motus specierum ~uentium ab ymaginativa per medium oculorum et aurium in aerem Lutterell Occam 21.

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