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vesperascere

vesperascere [CL], ~are 1 to grow towards evening. b (p. ppl. as sb. f.) evening. ~ascente ‥ die, ‥ in quadam insula ‥ noctem duxerunt Felix Guthl. 41 p. 130; 798 ipso ~ascente die, gaudium sanctae resurrectionis a fidelibus honorifice celebratur Ep. Alcuin. 144; ~ascere, prope vesperam esse Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 625; to wax even, ~are CathA.  b s1194 civitatem autem Engolismi et burgum in una ~ata cepimus R. Howd. III 257 (= W. Coventr. II 66). 2 to darken, eclipse. sol alius Saturnus erit. splendore planetas / vesperat. obscuro brumescit Falcifer igne Hanv. V 446.

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