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protervire [LL], ~are 1 to be bold or reckless, to act boldly or recklessly. supra cadaver se proicit in tumulum, conviciis et minis contra vim vetancium sepeliri ~at Map NC III 3 f. 39v. 2 to be impudent, wanton, or shameless, to act impudently, wantonly, or shamelessly. b (transf.). c (w. ad or in & acc.) to act impudently towards or with regard to. s1252 reliquit post se ‥ milites preclaros ‥ qui Sarracenis ~ientibus opponent potenter contradictionis repagula M. Par. Maj. V 311; 1284 licet generaliter sit gloria innocentie Christiane sicut nulli malum pro malo rependere, sic nec ~ienti in talione amaritudinis respondere Peckham Ep. 513; illi [demones] ‥ ~ientes illum [sc. Judam] affirmant non remansurum (Brendanus 48) VSH II 288.  b qui ad hec rugabit nares, ‥ cujus ‥ genua trement, manus ~iet, seipsum nugis nostris convincet obnoxium J. Sal. Pol. 822C.  c in te sibi dissimilis / in te fortuna stabilis, / in alios protervit P. Blois Carm. 27. 22; si commensales vestros permittitis passim garrire in clericos, et in ecclesiam ~ire Id. Ep. 94. 297A; s1246 rex ‥ sensit papam ‥ quasi per contemptum plus solito in regnum ~ire M. Par. Maj. IV 527; improperantes ‥ quod ‥ indecenter in ipsos ~iret qui eum ‥ sullevarunt Id. Edm. 255; ne protinus ad talia tua pro consuetudine contumaci ~ire presumas E. Thrip. SS IV 15. 3 to be obstinate or wilful, to act obstinately or wilfully (esp. in argument); b (w. argument as subj.). c (foll. by acc. & inf.) to insist obstinately (that). d (w. inf.) to be so obstinate as to. non lateat ‥ quod sunt quedam sophismatum quibus intente insistere ~ire et contra que attente resistere nichil agere Balsh. AD 40; sine instantia que sit vel videatur prohibere orationem, ~ire est. si ergo in multis apparente non dederit universaliter qui non habet instantiam, manifestum quoniam ~it J. Sal. Met. 912D; nisi igitur quis ~iendo diceret alium et alium esse expectacionem gentium et prophetarum manifeste ostendunt hec testimonia, illum qui est expectacio eorum esse simul hominem et Deum Gros. Cess. Leg. II 3. 3; s1251 hec ‥ responsio, cum non sufficeret ~ientibus, immo magis accenderet, ut dicerent “mentiris!” M. Par. Min. III 102; illa causa nulla est nisi fatuorum ~iencium qui ‥ aliter nesciunt respondere Rog. Swyn. Insol. 47; sed vitande prolixitatis causa omitto [alia exempla], putans ista sufficere ~ire nolenti (Wynterton) Ziz. 196.  b ut ~it sensus suus Wycl. Ver. II 94.  c si autem aliqui ~iant, unum esse conceptum entis Duns Ord. IV 195.  d quantumcumque autem ~iat quis negare, non poterit quin ‥ Gros. Cess. Leg. II 2. 1. 4 (in gl.). ~io, -is, -ivi, verbum neutrum et caret supinis Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 465; ~ire, proterve aliquid facere Ib. 481.