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subsidere [CL] 1 to squat or crouch down. machinamentum ‥ lateribus crudis coriis munitis protegit in se ~entes W. Malm. GR IV 369. 2 to sink (in quot. of boat). cum ‥ esset ‥ timor ne vehiculum aquarum violentia ~eret, repente gurges disparuit W. Malm. GP II 73; multitudine insilientium scafa victa subsedit Id. GR V 419. 3 (of land) to slope downwards, have a dip. terra ‥ procera ‥ nec partes suas exteriores magis ~ere aut extolli fecit quam medias, set tota quasi ad unum cacumen extensa ‥ extiterat (Brendanus 41) VSH II 285. 4 (of tumour) to subside. tumor omnis adeo ~it ut ‥ nec modica paruerint tumoris vestigia T. Mon. Will. V 8. 5 to decrease in strength, abate, fade. scriptura ‥ rememorat ‥ ea que per labilitatem ingenii ‥ ~unt et vacillant Hengham Magna pref. (v. labilitas 5b).

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