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saltitare [LL] 1 (of person) to leap or jump vigorously or repeatedly, to dance vigorously. b (without sense of repeated action) to jump, leap; c (transf., w. ref. to skipping ahead or avoiding proper intermediate stages in a process). concubina ‥ cujus spetiem in choreis ~antis forte conspicatus W. Malm. GR III 229; ~are, frequenter saltare Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 558; de xviij viris et xv feminis in chorea die ac nocte ~antibus R. Niger Chr. II 158; s1239 quibus [litteris] ‥ legato obtemperante, rex pre gaudio ~avit M. Par. Maj. III 531. b s1066 dum Willelmus ~asset de navicula ‥ cespitans ‥ cecidit in sabulum Knighton I 54. c papa reprehendit ‥ scolares umbratiles ad leges propter lucrum ~ando properantes M. Par. Maj. V 427 rub.. 2 (of part of body) to jump about, to twitch, palpitate. cum vivens per partes dissipatur, partes ipse ~are cernuntur Pull. Sent. 692B.

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