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suffumigare

suffumigare [CL], to apply smoke, fumes, or vapours to, incense, or fumigate (from below); b (as form of medical procedure). c to suffocate, choke, asphyxiate. cereus magnus ‥ est illuminandus et in nocte Pasche populo distribuendus ad ~andum rebus eorum Hon. GA 735B; s1335 Anglici per fenestras turris inferiores ignem domibus supponentes ‥ subfumigatos hostes descendere coegerunt G. Ed. III Bridl. 122; anguille posite super carbones in olla ~ate valent Gad. 6v. 1.  b ~abis [gl.: sc. nares tuas speciebus calidis vel frigidis, siccis vel humidis tempori congruentibus] te subfumigacionibus congruis temporibus Bacon V 69; subfumigabit se incensis convenientibus illi tempori Ib. V 97.  c suffocare, ~are, supprimere, strangulare Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 566; s1198 Willelmus ‥ ab illa violenter extinctus et ~atus et tractus ad equinam caudam ‥ ad patibulum suspensus est M. Par. Min. II 69.

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