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viridescere

viridescere [LL], to become green with fresh growth, grow green (also fig.). frumentum cum in semine mittitur perit ‥ sed unde putrescit in pulvere, inde ~it in renovatione Bede Luke 452D; terra a sua specie hiemali ariditate deficit [et] vernali umore ~it Ib. 591A; prestans [arbori] ‥ vitam ut ~at, ut crescat Ailr. An. I 15; crescat ‥ tue virtutis ~ens virilitas J. Godard Ep. 245; [ficus] quando decorticatur nec fert postea fructum nec ~it, sed arescunt frondes et albescunt AncrR 48; semper erit taurus viridescens utpote laurus Pol. Poems I 137.

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