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spissim

spissim [CL spissus+-im], densely, thickly, in close array, closely. b in crowds, large numbers. c frequently. s784 cameram ‥ ~im circumvallare suis precipiebat Fl. Worc. I 60; castellumque cum micantibus armis ~im et ordinate coronantes G. Steph. 16; viderimus non modicam celi partem ‥ igneas ~im scintillas emittere Ib. 24; confertim, stipatim, ~im Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 141; ~im et varie seminatur lepra heresis symoniace in ecclesia militante Wycl. Sim. 98.  b s1347 Anglici super obsidione Calesie ‥ ~im moriebantur Knighton II 53.  c quid moveret hodie tam ~im hoc dicere Wycl. Ver. I 277.

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