sinistrare

sinistrare [ML < CL sinister+-are] 1 a to accompany on the left. b to pass on the left. c to place on the left. a dextravit archiepiscopum Lundoniensis episcopus, ~avit Winthoniensis Diceto YH 112.  b urbem Valentiam transeuntes, Maracleam ‥ ~antes, Tortosam ‥ pervenerunt M. Par. Min. I 135.  c si numerus compositus [excrescit], loco prioris delete scribatur digitus qui est pars illius compositi et ~etur articulus Sacrob. AN 5 (ed. 1983 p. 183). 2 (of fortune) to be inimical or unfavourable (towards). b (w. acc.) to thwart, oppose, prevent. c (w. infin.) to object, refuse (to). 1403 ~ante fortuna bonis et beneficiis fuerat destitutus FormOx 199; factum est ut qui predam se capturum indubitanter disponebat, fortuna ~ante, ipse potius ‥ versa vice preda adversarii effectus est V. Ric. II 178.  b malens ‥ indignationem ‥ pontificis sustinere et expeditionem suam parumper ~are Thorne 2067; videns ‥ quod curia ‥ castri ~aret curiam illius Ib. 2153; quem archidiaconus non segniter ‥ ~avit Ib. 2197; quartus adhuc rector curam residendo sinistrat Gower VC III 1525.  c verus amor constansque fides cum stare sinistrant / inter sanguineos ‥ stet pax simulata D. Bec. 414. 3 to put an adverse interpretation (on something). s1255 fuerunt ‥ aliqui ~antes qui dicerent ipsum fuisse potionatum M. Par. Maj. V 502.