subolere Save DMLBS Du Cange 1 subolere [CL = to give off a faint smell], to catch a whiff of, (fig.) to get wind of, to have an inkling of. oleo componitur redoleo ‥ et ~eo, -es Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 392; rex ‥ monachi ~everat astum J. Herd Hist. IV Regum 179. 2 subolere [cf. CL subolescere], to grow up. to growe, adolere ‥ ~ere CathA. SUBOLERE, Crescere. Glossar. Lat. Gall. ex Cod. reg. 7692 : Subolere, Croistre.