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quatere [CL] 1 to (cause to) move (vigorously) to and fro, to shake. b (dice); c (milk); d (intr. or absol.). vasa quatit figuli fornax vi fervida flammae Mir. Nin. 262; ac si a vento ‥ folium arboris ~eretur Mir. Fridesw. 25; inde et ab eventu sortitus agnomen, Edwinus ~iens caput vocabatur Gir. Æthelb. 14.  b tesseras ~ere W. Malm. GP I 44.  c magnum vas lactis optimi et quatti tulerunt (Abbanus 33) VSH I 23.  d teneritate[m] mentium puerorum in corpore parvo quatentium [sic] Theod. Laterc. 17; porro soni crepitus proprii me fecit habere / nomen: nam quatiente ferensque crepacula rostro / nuntia sum veris Hwætberht Aen. 56 (Ciconia) 2. 2 to cause to tremble or resonate; b (person; usu. w. fear). c (p. ppl. quassus as adj.) that trembles, tremulous (of voice). ymnistae crebro vox articulata resultet / et celsum quatiat clamoso carmine culmen! Aldh. CE 3. 49; repercussus ‥ et ingeminatus letantium clamor ipsa ~it sidera W. Malm. GP V 219.  b solis et exortum maculis variantibus horror / nos subit et nostrum quemque tremore quatit L. Durh. Dial. III 138; nec me tremor / suis quatit vicibus P. Blois Carm. 12. 8. 69.  c facie ignea, voce quassa, collo ab humeris aliquantulum demisso Gir. EH I 46 p. 302. 3 to affect with heavy or repeated blows. tironum Christi testudinem strofosae fraudis ballista ~ere [gl.: conterere, percutere, frangere vel cutere] non cessant Aldh. VirgP 11 p. 240; ~ientibus navem procellis ‥ Hist. Abb. Jarrow 33; civitas ista ‥ cujus jam vetustate quassa menia ‥ repacatorem desiderant W. Malm. GR IV 354. 4 to disturb, throw into turmoil. b (pr. ppl. as sb.) thing that disturbs. pannis ‥ advolvitur nostras miserias ~iendo Theod. Laterc. 14; 1073 tot ‥ tantisque tribulationibus terra ista in qua sumus cotidie ~itur Lanfr. Ep. 43 (18); 1095 quia bellis undique ~imur ‥ rex extra regnum me procedere ‥ non permisit Anselm (Ep. 193) IV 82; urbes proximas ~ere [vv. ll. quarere, querere], compatriotarum fines regum inquietare W. Malm. GR I 74; regebat justi animum ipse Christus ut nulle illum turbarent tenebre, nulla ~eretur solitudine Id. Wulfst. I 4; quis referre potest quot tribulationibus Uticensis ecclesia intus et exterius tunc ~iebatur Ord. Vit. III 5 p. 85; 1333 partibus in quibus prefata cella de Coldingham noscitur esse sita, gravi guerrarum discrimine miserabiliter ~ientibus ‥ Pri. Cold. 10.  b quia omnis nativitas masculi decimi mensis tangit initia, et sic prodit ad hujus vitae quatentia Theod. Laterc. 13. 5 to render invalid, annul, quash. dux redit in comitem, quatit et sic curia litem Gower CT III 387. 6 (mus. pes quassus) form of figure in chant notation that indicates use of tremulous voice. pes flexus componitur ex pede et flexa. pes quassus dictus quia voce tremula et multum mota formatur; quassum enim violenter motum est Odington 95.

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