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repere [CL] 1 (of reptile or sim. creature) to move usu. close to the ground (or other surface), to crawl, creep, slither; b (fig.). c (pr. ppl. as sb. n.) creeping thing, reptile. d (transf., of plant). e (transf., in gl.) to swim. ~unt, †strepunt [l. serpunt] GlC R 134; in paradisi hortos quondam dum vipera repsit Bonif. Aen. (Invidia) 313; nec ibi [sc. in arbore] venenosis tutus ab hostibus; immo certatim in arborem ~endo petitus, et ‥ consumptus interiit Gir. IK II 2 p. 111; vermiculis enim in abditis terre ~entibus Gros. Hexaem. VIII 16; miror quod inferi tot monstra fuderint / miror ex inferis qua rima repserint Walt. Wimb. Carm. 562; s587 factum est diluvium magnum in Roma, ita ut flumen Tyberis super muros urbis influeret, et multa corpora cadaverum repancium mortua sunt in flumine Eul. Hist. Chr. Brev. 277 (cf. Eul. Hist. I 212: multitudinem animalium ‥ serpentium); ut non sit ~ens ymo vermiculus, celse volens avis Fortescue NLN II 59; ~erre, to crepe WW.  b mediocri parentela ‥ que nec humi ~eret nec altum quid tumeret W. Malm. GR III 262; in dictando ita stylum temperavi meum, ut nec humi ~at, nec tumeat in altum J. Furness Walth. prol. 5.  c ~encia in augmento luminis lune egrediuntur de receptaculis suis plus quam in decremento luminis Bacon VI 62.  d inter ego modicas repo saliunca miricas R. Cant. Poems 14. 44; vineis que vel per terram ~unt vel per bajulos palos in celsum surgunt W. Malm. GP IV 186.  e ~ens, natans GlC R 102. 2 (of person) to move in a more or less prone position, to go on all fours, to crawl; b (of child or infant); c (of cripple). d (transf., w. ref. to climbing). toto corpore ‥ super clavos ~endo volutantes, paulatim ad ponti ulteriora ~unt Coggesh. Visio 16; ut specie canis excubias falleret, usque ad vallum manibus pedibusque ~ebat Hist. Meriadoci 395; per lubrica nuto / per clivum repo Garl. Epith. VI 126.  b prompte ‥ manibus ~ens ‥ calicem puellari adoravit innocentia W. Malm. GP II 78 (cf. id. GR II 217: reptans).  c contractis in toto corpore nervis ‥ per domum testudineo gradu ~ens W. Malm. GP V 272; et scanna quibus ~serat suspensa sunt in ecclesia, ibique per tempora visa sunt diuturna Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 9; vas ‥ cavatum in modum pelvis sibi retrorsum colligaverat in quo non ~ens, set quasi terram radens, infelices artus supportabat Ib. 25.  d gradiebantur ~endo per montana nimis aspera et scopulosa Ord. Vit. IX 8 p. 517; tanti per scalam ~ere ceperunt ut ‥ Ib. IX 9 p. 539. 3 to move stealthily, to (move so as to) steal up, creep. b (transf.). ~sit, obrepsit GlC R 95; plurimi per montana ~entes evaserunt, et ad tentoria quantocius redierunt Ord. Vit. IX 9 p. 530; leopardi ~endo velut murilegi murum transilierunt Ib. X 20 p. 124.  b et ita materia corrupta ~it ad alia et ea inficit Quaest. Salern. B 14. 4 to move carefully or deliberately, creep. ille homo qui potest inter parietem et columnas ~sere [v. l. ~ere] liber est a peccatis suis Hugeb. Will. 4 p. 98.

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