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terere [CL] 1 to subject to friction, rub, brush, graze. b to rub smooth, polish. 8‥ ~it, he trepeð WW. b c792 hoc dolens dictavi, vel propter oblivionem mei, vel propter absentiam tui, paululum ferociori pumice cartam ~ens, ut vel iratus aliquid rescriberes Alcuin Ep. 13; to teawe lether, ~ere, condire Levins Manip. 213; to teawe wax, mollire, ~ere Ib. 214. 2 to separate (grain or sim.) by rubbing, thresh. b (in gl.) to thrash. in manu vero sinistra Ceres tenebat falcem messoriam et baculum ad ~endum frumentum Deorum Imag. 23. b batre, verberare, terrere, flagellare Gl. AN Ox. f. 153v. 3 to reduce (substance) to small pieces, powder, or sim. by rubbing, grinding, or sim.. b to crush (also fig.). sermo etenim Dei aromatum more quo subtilius quasi ~endo et cernendo discutitur eo ‥ Bede Hom. II 8. 144D; tanquam tritis pigmentis dedit odorem vite perhennis Gosc. Transl. Mild. 14; et †ceratur [l. ~atur] cum rebus desiccantibus Bacon Min. 313 (cf. id. NM 548: deinde ~atur cum rebus desiccantibus); desicca [lapillos] cum panno lineo et ~e in pulverem Ripley 203; sacramentum Eukaristie ‥ quod manibus frangitur et dentibus ~itur [ME: is chewid wiþ þe teeþ] Concl. Loll. XXXVII 15; religiosi illi dicunt carnes tritas non esse carnes Wycl. Serm. III 237. b scilicet ut valeat reges rex ipse feroces / vincere bellipotens, colla superba terens (Rex Pius Æðelstan) ASE IX 95; mantum ‥ consertum aculeis tanteque molis ut robustissimos premat, ~at et comminuat humeros J. Sal. Pol. 814B; sic divine animadversiones plures quidem terrent quam ~unt Gir. GE I 54 p. 164; sic magis audaces prope se quos attigit hostes / fulmineo gladii trivit in ore sui Gower VC VI 954. 4 to destroy gradually by attrition, wear down, wear away (also fig.). b to wear (person) out. poterat occalluisse animus noster frequenti tritus injuria, et usu ipso contra adversa durior reddi G. Hoyland Ascet. 281D; [Tritones] quod aque terras ~unt Alb. Lond. DG 5. 1. b dolor et tribulatio ~it omnes et cruciat, quos ira rodit et discordia stimulat Ord. Vit. XII 21 p. 381; o tristicia patris inenarrabilis, qui in ultima etate tribulationibus ~itur Ep. ad amicum 95; vivat et Henricus quem trivit in his inimicus Collect. Ox. III 180. 5 to handle constantly or repeatedly (resulting in wear). b to tread or traverse (ground or sim., esp. repeatedly), to tread on. c to use or engage in repeatedly, practise, pursue. d to repeat (words, view, or sim.) constantly, discuss. e (transf.) to accustom to, to make familiar with. f (p. ppl. as adj.) well-worn, usual, familiar (also w. implic. of overuse). accidit hora gravis, Thomeque miserrima navis / quam male recta terit rupe soluta perit Ord. Vit. XII 26 p. 417; pellitur a nostro trita moneta foro J. Sal. Enth. Phil. 58; c1285 oportebat totam monetam parvam et tritatam venire ad cambium KR Ac 234/19 m. 2; de tot ulnis [mapparum] cum trite fuerint ibidem facere restitucionem elemosinario Fleta 80. b c793 regiam viam ab apostolis tritam ‥ pleno catholicae fidei pede incedite Alcuin Ep. 23 p. 64; tripudiare, i. gaudere et terram pedibus ~ere GlSid f. 145rb; ejusdem dilectionis ~ebat orbitam Aldredus W. Malm. Wulfst. I 7; tres ingressi sunt nuntii, alter alterius calcem pene pro festinatione ~entes Ib. III 19; terram quidem non hanc quam ~imus, sed pocius illam quam querimus Gir. Æthelb. 3. c post tot praedas, caedes, rapinasque quas arma triverunt [v. l. quae arma triverat], lassi quieverunt Felix Guthl. 18; has virtutes ita beata Domini mater trivit ut religiosa munditia vitae Domino Deo templum in suo aedificaret corpore Eadmer Virt. 581C; cantabat ille horas ejus [Virginis] magis illo quem triverat usu quam ullo pene affectu W. Malm. Mir. Mariae 182; paterna ~entes instituta Ciren. I 229. d verbum ‘communicat’ proprie Scripturarum est, et publico sermone ~itur Bede Mark 200C; solus Alfrithus rex Northanhimbrorum obstinatioris animi sententiam ~ens pervicatiam tenuit W. Malm. GP III 107 p. 239; 1169 versentur hec et similia in animis, et ~antur in colloquiis vestris J. Sal. Ep. 289 (292) p. 672; frequentata et trita fastidium generant; auctoritatem nova non habent Gir. TH intr. p. 6; non possum plus tecum verba ~ere ‥ domum ire pergam Liv. Op. 45. e scienti legem loquor, et ei qui nutritus et tritus est examinare sermones et vim ponderare verborum J. Sal. Ep. 284 (271). f frequens et tritum triclinium ignotis notum Lucian Chester 57; juxta tritam scribendi formulam Ad. Eyns. Hug. IV 9 p. 48; tritas regulas et novellas J. Seward 88. 6 to use up or spend (time, effort, or sim., in an activity). triverat hic soles, nullamque assumpserat escam Æthelwulf Abb. 413; saxum dicit ingens volvere inefficacibus laboriosisque conatibus vitam ~entes Alb. Lond. DG 6. 6; frustra cardinales ‥ trivissent operam nisi refugienti pretendissent pape obedientiam W. Malm. Wulfst. I 11; Balduinus pueriles adhuc annos ~ebat Id. GR IV 373; summus regni justiciarius regis vicarium monuit ne pateretur eum inaniter tempus ~ere Wals. YN 485.

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