diffluere

diffluere [CL] 1 to flow in different directions. b to be dispersed. c to radiate outwards. d (of language) to flow. videres ceras liquentes supra lapidem hac et illac excurrendo ~ere R. Cold. Cuthb. 45. b ut meminerimus facta et cogitationes nostras non in ventum ~ere [v. l. defluere], sed ad examen summi judicis cuncta servari Bede HE V 13. c videt orbem ‥, cujus procreatio ~ebat a ‥ lucis mirabili solo Byrht. HR 5; defluebant ‥ diversoria M. Par. Min. I 127 (v. claustralis 3a). d J. Herd Hist. IV Regum 5 (v. dissolvere 3e). 2 (trans.) to distribute. licet in casu quilibet teneatur omnia ~ere pauperibus S. Langton Quaest. f. 171v.

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