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rĕ-sē^cro (re-sacro , Nep. Alcib. 6 fin.), āre, v. a.
I. To pray or beseech again, to implore repeatedly (ante-class.): “resecroque, mater, quod dudum, obsecraveram,” Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 4; so, “with obsecro,” id. Pers. 1, 1, 49.—
II. To free from a curse: “Eumolpidae sacerdotes rursus resacrare sunt coacti, qui eum devoverant,” Nep. Alcib. 6, 5; cf. Fest. pp. 280 and 281 Müll.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Plautus, Persa, 1.1
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