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supervestire [LL] 1 to clothe over or in addition (also fig.). a804 unde ‥ apostolus ait: ‘in hoc enim ingemescimus pregravati, quia nolumus expoliari, sed ~iri’ [II Cor. v 4] Alcuin Ep. 307; super eum [sc. Christum] apparet Spiritus Sanctus, hic omni justitia ~itur H. Reading (I) Mem. 1314D; audio ingemiscentem, eo quod nolit exspoliari, sed ~iri Ailr. Spec. Car. II 6. 551A; corpus ejus gloria eterna ~iretur Neckam NR II 156; hec ‥ loquebatur cilicio et tunica indutus cuculla quoque ~itus Ad. Eyns. Hug. V 16. 2 to clothe in succession (in quot. fig.). b to put on (clothing) in succession (in quot. fig.). exspectantes ‥ donec ~vestiat eos Christus reformans corpus humilitatis nostre configuratum corpori claritatis sue P. Blois Serm. 686B. b in baptismo vetustas peccatorum exuitur, et novitas que in Christo est ~itur H. Reading (I) Dial. VI 1217C. 3 to embellish, adorn, decorate (in quot. w. ref. to Exod. xxxvii 17–22). Josephus tamen [candelabrum] fusile dicit, cujus hastile basi infixum erat, et ferreum, ~itum calamis aureis quinque geniculatis ad modum canne Ad. Scot TT 678C; ex hoc hastili procedebant ex lateribus tria brachia hinc, et tria inde ferrea, quorum unumquodque ~vestitum erat calamis aureis ad modum hastilis Ib. 678D.

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