temerare

temerare [CL] 1 to treat heedlessly, recklessly, negligently, or without consideration or attention. b to fail to heed or observe, to scorn, ignore, or violate (agreement, arrangement, custom, or sim.). cupit reverti, sed virtus nature non ~anda resistit V. Birini 11; set temerant te [Jhesu] temere / qui venenantur scelere J. Howd. Cyth. 63. 4.  b 778 siquis ‥ contra hanc piam donationem meam venire fuerit ausus et ~are eam invido malivoloque temptaverit animo sit anathema Ch. Roff. 9; 1072 antiquam sua querela non est veritus consuetudinem ~are Lanfr. Ep. 3 (4); festum ejus venerabile, quod nemo impune ~are presumat W. Malm. GP II 87; si ‥ clericus ‥ hec que a nobis sub divino juditio statuta sunt, transgredi vel ~are temptaverit Ib. V 221; c1157 Jordanus religionem fidei et sacramenti ~averat J. Sal. Ep. 19 (56). 2 to treat shamelessly, impiously, irreligiously, or irreverently, to outrage, defile. b (p. ppl. as adj.) characterized by defilement, impiety, irreverence, etc.. si quisquam cuperet sacrum temerare pudorem / gestibus obscenis contrectans corpus honestum Aldh. VirgV 1237; sed spoliare vetat carnem verecundia frontis, / corpore ne nudo temeraret jura pudoris Ib. 1472; regales exuvias ferro ~avit W. Malm. GR II 160; sanctarum sepulchra, que ~are meditabantur, inviolata relinquentes Id. GP IV 183; temeravi, violavi justa castimonie (Vers.) W. Fitzst. Thom. 71; jus omne defederat, / naturale temerat, / spernit positivum P. Blois Carm. 25. 20.  b c675 circa ~atum spurcae Proserpinae incestum, quod abhorret fari Aldh. Ep. 3. 3 to act above one's position in respect of, to usurp. b (p. ppl. as adj.) presumptuous, arrogant. numquam ‥ regium nomen ~are meditati, ejusdem mediocritatis formam in proximos posteros deliniaverunt W. Malm. GR I 44; ausus est ~are naturam Ib. II 145; 1346 Philippus [Valeys] gravius sceptrum regni temeravit Pol. Poems I 27.  b dum coelestium doctorum sapientia, vitio male intelligentium, procacitate ~ata, non secundum sui sensus proprietatem perpenditur, sed in alienos sensus pro arbitrio et voluntate legentis, secus quam veritatis ratio habet, derivatur Alcuin Dogm. 285C; 1418 per †temerucas [l. temeratas] et injustas †ratagaciones [l. satagaciones] emulorum suorum ‥ prioratus maxima mole ‥ primitur Reg. Heref. 49.