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proruere [CL] 1 (trans.) to hurl or cast forth. cum a longe acervum lapideum cerneret, patrio more lapidem sumens, in acervum ~ebat (Ps.-Bede Prov.) PL XCI 1059D. 2 (intr.) to rush forth or forward (into an attitude or action); b (w. ad or in & acc. of word indicating activity or mode of behaviour). vae, quot peccata ~ent ibi ex improviso quasi ex insidiis Anselm (Medit. 1) III 77; Picti ‥ ~unt ultro et conspirant in Northanimbros W. Malm. GP III 100; s617 rex ‥ Nordhumbrorum, quasi preda inventa, subito ~ens in cuneos conglomeratos H. Hunt. HA II 30; ~ens ‥ per turbas ad sepulturam prorupit virginis V. Fridesw. B 23; ille vehementiori spiritu ~ens, vas delatum adimplevit R. Cold. Cuthb. 107 p. 241; populo ‥ nihilominus turmatim ~ente V. Edm. Rich P 1818E.  b mens repente ad odium ~it (Ps.-Bede Deut.) PL XCIII 415D; ut mirandum non sit talem hominem ad tale facinus ~isse Alcuin Rhet. 26; non in illud infinitum peccatum ‥ ~erunt Anselm (CurD II 15) II 115; ceteri [sc. Dani] ‥ aliarum sanctarum sepulchra ‥ inviolata relinquentes in fugam ~unt W. Malm. GP IV 183; hi et illi ~ebant in karorum oscula Ord. Vit. IX 9 p. 526; diutius ‥ occultati ad nefas subito ~ebant Ib. XII 3 p. 322; caput illud venerabile complectens et in oscula cum lacrimis ~ens R. Cold. Osw. 49 p. 377. 3 to rush headlong (downwards), to fall precipitously. quod ‥ lumen expandent homines tenebrosi, de stellis mutati in carbones, de celo in sterquilinium ~entes? Ailr. Serm. 404C.

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