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1 gestare [CL] 1 to carry (also fig.); b (weapon.). c to wear; d (fetters.). e (of container) to hold. Aldh. VirgV 841 (v. gemere 2a); sceptrinum vimen dextra gestabat in alma Ib. 2370; ut ‥ in pugna ante illum vexilla ~arentur Bede HE II 16 p. 118; ~antes lampades ‥ intrabunt regni caelorum janua Cerne 174; ~at, portat GlC G 85; a1103 episcopus Dublinensis ‥ crucem facit ~ari ante se Anselm (Ep. 277) IV 191; Ganymedes ‥ dicitur ‥ ~are urnam in manu Alb. Lond. DG 15. 11; gestio si cupio, gesto si pondera porto Garl. Syn. 594; nos super omnes / preferri volumus, gestet et alter onus Gower VC III 936.  b Aldh. VirgV 2631 (v. caetra a); s1251 (v. bipennis 2); s1414 (v. brigantinus).  c gestat rubicunda crepundia collo Aldh. VirgV 611; 799 vestrum est regale diadema ‥ ~are in vertice Alcuin Ep. 171; calciamenta sacris gestans atque aurea plantis Wulf. Swith. I 619; anulum ‥ episcopalem ~are formidans V. Gund. 44; 1314 quod ‥ capellanus ‥ celebraturus ‥ sicut ‥ vicarii ‥ ceteri habitum ~et Mem. Ripon I 159; 1415 fratribus habitum ‥ ~antibus Lit. Cant. III 134.  d stricta catenatis gestabat vincla lacertis Wulf. Swith. I 1175.  e mea divinis complentur viscera verbis / totaque sacratos gestant praecordia biblos Aldh. Aen. 89 (Arca libraria) 2; Id. VirgV 2564 (v. bulga a); W. Malm. Mir. Mariae 199 (v. gestatorius 2b). 2 to carry off (victory). Constantinopolis ‥ / ‥ gestat per saecla triumphos Aldh. VirgV 636. 3 to convey, carry (w. pers. obj.); b (refl.). Bede Luke (ii 27) 344 (v. grandaevus); non erubescit vili asello ~ari Ord. Vit. VI 3 p. 10; quamvis pre ‥ etatis debilitate in lecto ~aretur gestatorio ‥ in prelium ‥ ire voluit Ric. Hex. Stand. 43.  b sese ~avit digitis et non pede David Ad. Dore Pictor 147; David ~ans se in manibus suis Vers. Cant. 11 p. 24. 4 to carry in womb; b (fig.). c (of tree) to bear (fruit). pignus caelorum terris gestante Maria Aldh. VirgV 398; animam pueri quem ~abat in utero Ælf. Æthelwold 3; dum matris in alvo ~aretur Gir. IK II 7.  b altrix cunctorum quos mundus gestat in orbe / nuncupor Aldh. Aen. 1 (Terra) 1.  c s1252 [arbores quarum] erat natura pira et pomos ~ando producere M. Par. Maj. V 321. 5 to bear: a (part of body, w. compl.); b (w. ref. to stigmata or bruising). a Lantfr. Swith. 2 (v. 2 geniculum 1); vir hic inculpabilis est ‥ / ‥ / quem mundam gestare manum hic cernimus Wulf. Swith. II 389.  b Christi stigmata gestat Frith. 1207; signa que in brachio ~averat in constrictione B. Laurentii demonstravit Alex. Cant. Mir. 46 (I) p. 253 (cf. ib. (II) p. 253: tulerat). 6 to have as physical or mental characteristic. sum niger exterius ‥ / sed ‥ interius candentem gesto medullam Aldh. Aen. 40 (Piper) 2; Ib. 100 (v. cincinnus a); in ‥ verticibus ossa serrata velut gladios ~ant Lib. Monstr. II 12; inter fissuras ungularum quas pro manibus ~abat Gir. TH II 21; que gestant homines terre de partibus hujus / pectora, sunt ipso turbidiora mari Gower VC I 1975. 7 to bear (name). dudum compositis ego nomen gesto figuris Aldh. Aen. 18 (Myrmicoleon) 1; quem Pathmos suscepit ‥ / cujus ego nomen gesto, gubernet opus Gower VC I prol. 58. 8 to entertain (emotion). b to have, bear (in mind). super afflictionem ejus pia ~antes viscera Anselm (Ep. 58) III 173.  b B. V. Dunst. 5 (v. gemmare 2); artifex tam preceps ‥ non est ut opus aggrediatur aliquod donec instrumentum quo illud fiat ‥ aptaverit ‥ fabrice quam ‥ mente ~at Fortescue NLN I 48. 9 to suffer, bear (events, circumstances, or sim.). s1302 rex vero responsa eorum ‥ tacite ~abat Chr. S. Edm. 66; Portuenses ‥ naves ‥ combusserunt et nautas ‥ interemerunt. hoc audiens rex tacite rem ~abat Ib. 67. 10 to perform. ejus cujus negotia gestas [v. l. geris] Vac. Lib. paup. 50 (cf. (v. gestor a)).

2 gestare v. 2 gistare