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virent, a.|ˈvaɪərənt|
[ad. L. virent-, virens, pres. pple. of virēre to be green. Cf. It. virente.]
†1. Verdant; fresh, not faded. Obs.
1595Locrine iii. ii. 11 By reason of the fatall massacre Which shall be made vpon the virent plaines. 1606N. Baxter Sidney's Ourania, Song E iv b, Then comes the Deaw, and doth them recreate: Making them fresh, virent, and fortunate. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 94 In these [roots] yet fresh and virent, they carve out the figures of men and women. 1646G. Daniel Poems Wks. (Grosart) I. 23 For through y⊇ Place is nothing witherd; but still-virent Bayes..Appeare.
2. Green in colour.
1830J. Wright Retrospect ii. 89 Let not the virent snake entwine thee round. 1837Tait's Mag. IV. 107 The sun..illuminated its virent tints. 1852Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 490 One hand a staff of virent emerald held. |