umbrare

umbrare [CL] 1 to cast a shadow over, shade, cover (in quot. in fig. context). b to give a symbolic representation to, adumbrate. c (in list of words). [Aldredus archiepiscopus] Wlstanum elegit ‥ cujus simplicitate et sanctimonia rapinas ~aret suas W. Malm. GP IV 139. b recole sacerdotium Aaron umbram aeterni fuisse sacerdotii et promissionem aeternitatis intellege non ad umbram sed ad ~atam pertinere veritatem Bede Sam. 517A. c ~o, -as, unde ~atus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 614. 2 (p. ppl. as adj., her., of charge) depicted in outline or silhouette, or in the manner of a shadow on its background, umbrated (cf. umbra 1e). portat unum leonem rapacem ~atum in campo aureo. portare arma ~ata designat eos quorum progenitorum patrimonia ad alios descenderunt, tamen sunt in spe recuperandi Bad. Aur. 196; ista crux vocatur ‘crux florida patens ~ata’ Upton 220, [nobiles] qui portant tales umbras habuerunt suos progenitores portantes eadem non ~ata et integra Ib. 247 (v. umbra 1e).

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