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proserpere [CL] 1 to creep forth or forward; b (transf.). serpo componitur ~o, -is, inde hec proserpina Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 546; sensi ‥ instar buffonis eum, os meum quod totiens male patulum bibendo laxaveram ingressum, mox per gule fistulam ad cordis abdita ~ere Ad. Eyns. Visio 21 p. 317.  b a planta pedis virus irrepens usque ad verticem capitis ~ere cepit, sicque universaliter infectam pervasit J. Ford Serm. 64. 5. 2 (trans.) to creep up upon, steal upon, approach by stealth. 1298 quis locus partium borealium nuperrime tutus erat, quem piaculosa Scotorum flagitia ~ere minime formidarant? Conc. II 243a.

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