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largare

largare [LL], ~iare, ~ire [cf. OF largir] , to broaden, lengthen, enlarge, extend (v. et. largir): a (building or other construction); b (the air, sc. w. ref. to diffusing action of sun); c (mus. note or interval). a 1258 in grangia cooperienda ‥ xiij d., et in j bercaria ~ienda in longitudine cum iiij furcis, xx d. Crawley 225; 1297 largiend’ (v. gula 4); 1299 in monte circa idem molendinum ~ando (Ac. Milton) Ac. Man. Cant..  b aere largato per Phebi spicula, grando / turget Garl. Tri. Eccl. 54.  c quotiens ascendimus et iterum descendimus, ascensus ~iatur Garl. Mus. Mens. app. 15 p. 95.

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