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urticare

urticare [CL urtica+-are], (of nettle) to sting (also transf. or fig.). urtica ‥ unde ~o -as, et inde ~atus -a -um Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 608; magnificos, inopes, pueros, juvenes, seniores, / ‥ / urit et urticat excecat amara cupido D. Bec. 1602; ave, pulcra linceorum / ‥ / pulcra prole gravidata, / nullo tamen urticata / pruritu lascivie Walt. Wimb. Virgo 97; quod si ‥ degustaverimus voluptates carnalium, manebit affectus ‥ frustratus et ~atus, quia novissima voluptatis hujus amara sicut absintium Wycl. Civ. Dom. I 84; to nettyle, ~are CathA.

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