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á-cwician

  • verb [ weak ]
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intrans.
to become lively
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  • Þurh his (

    the west wind

    ) blǽd ácuciað ealle eorðlice blǽda,
      Lch. iii. 274, 20.
  • Se Crístendóm ácucode,

      Hml. S. 29, 330.
  • Se ðe on óðrum dagum sleac wǽre tó gódnesse, hé sceal on ðisum dagum ácucian on gódum biggengum,

      Hml. Th. ii. 100, 23 (
    = Wlfst. 286, 9). Se seóca mann eft ácwicod

    aeger redivivus,

      Gr. D. 90, 7.
to come to life
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  • Ealle deáde menn mannes bearnes stefne gehýrað, and hí ealle ácuciað,

      Hml. S. 23, 385.
  • On niht hé forþférde, ac on dagunge hé eft ácwicode,

      Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 13.
trans. To make lively; vivificare,
    Ps. Th. 118, 159.
Etymology
[O. Sax. á-quikót come to life. Cf. O. H. Ger. arquicchen recreare, vivificare.]
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