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† grassant, a. Obs.
[ad. L. grassant-em, pres. pple. of grassārī to roam about, lie in wait.]
Roaming about, or lying in wait, with evil intent. Of diseases, etc.: Raging.
1659Gauden Tears Church ii. xi. 183 Those innovations and mischiefs which are now grassant in England. 1674R. Godfrey Inj. & Ab. Physic 169 Those violent and stubborn Diseases which are grassant and assail us in our dayes. a1734North Exam. ii. v. §42 (1740) 339 Thieves, Malefactors and Cheats, every where grassant. |