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superenatare

superenatare [LL], to swim over, sail over. b to float on (the surface of, also in fig. context). c (intr.) to float (on the surface). Christianus populus vere sapiens in navi ecclesie mare hujus seculi ~at Hon. Spec. Eccl. 857A.  b dum Thetios medius superenatet arcum / sol Hanv. III 287; qui in tribulatione ejus [sc. Mariae] ‥ auxilium invocant, omnia adversa, ut oleum, per eam ~ant Hon. Sig. 500A; oleum namque ardens illuminat, medicans sanat, aquis infusum eas perspicuas reddit, et ~at Id. GA 674A.  c avis in olla ~ans inventa est prorsus illesa Gir. TH II 29; c1210 item, legimus quod oleum misericordie ~at, id est major est caritas quam justitia P. Blois Ep. Sup. 28. 33.

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