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scatere [CL] 1 to be present in abundance, gush forth, flow out: a (of water); b (of air, also in fig. context). c (transf., of foul or undesirable beings) to teem. d (in gl.). a omnes aquae super terram ~ent omnium fontium [Aug. Gen. V 10] Bede Gen. 42. b et scatens efflavit flamen in auras Aldh. VirgV 2425; 1191 de cenosissimo lacu conscientie jam ~ebant exhalationes inferni, ventus urens, aer pestilens, et aura corrumpens P. Blois Ep. 87. 274C; quasi de sentina ~ente cogitationum feditas velut aura corrumpens exhalat Ib. 139. 414A. c c675 atra bufonum turma catervatim ~et Aldh. Ep. 3; quae [Eumenides] vipereum crinem habuerunt, sanguineis vittis innexum, quo caerulei angues per vesanam discordiam ~ebant Lib. Monstr. I 45; circa ejusdem anguis faciem globosum innumerabilibus nodis horrenda ~ebant prodigia Ib. III 1; ad unctionem myrre hujus putredo virulenta tam in anima quam in corpore ~ens repente subsedit J. Ford Serm. 21. 5; [monachus] de cujus corpore vermes ~entes [v. l. scandentes] in vestigiis ejus coram fratribus cadebant (Carthagus 51) VSH I 189; s1250 plurium ordinum fratres ~ent M. Par. Maj. V 194. d to sprynge, ~ere ‥ scatescere, scatebrare, scaturizare CathA. 2 (of places or sim.) to gush, flow (with water). b (transf.) to teem (with foul beings); c (fig.). fontis Siloe recessus, qui horis incertis dulcibus ~et aquis, tunc calor solis ebiberat W. Malm. GR IV 369; loca ‥ que in vicino sunt, calidis et sulphuratis aquis ~ent Alb. Lond. DG 6. 2. b apparebit cadaver horribiliter fetens, putredine ~ens vermibus scaturiens Ad. Scot QEC 834B; corpus adhuc vivum ‥ vermibus undique ~ere ‥ fecit Gir. PI I 17; planities ejusdem loci ita multitudine vermium constrata ~ebat, ut junco aree domorum solent operiri Ad. Eyns. Visio 24; 1395 vendidit ‥ pyssos [i. e. pisces] corruptos et ~iantes Proc. J. P. 130; uligo, i. grassities quedam que ~et a terra, que vulgariter dicitur stella que cecidit SB 43. c ~ebat omnis Gallia ejus doctrina per egenos scolares ‥ disseminata W. Malm. GR III 284; ~ebat omnis curia pruritu episcopalis injurie Id. GP III 101; ‥ scatet aulicis aula palponibus Walt. Wimb. Palpo 15.

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