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dēmento

dēmento · v. a

to bewitch, delude

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What it meant

dēmento — Lewis & Short

dēmento, āre, 1, v. a. and n.id..

I Act., to drive mad, to craze, deprive of mind: dementatus, Cassiod. Amic. 21: e)cista/nai i)diwtikw=s, Gloss. Graec. Lat.; esp. to bewitch, delude: propter quod magiis suis dementasset eos, Vulg. Act. 8, 11.—

II Neut., to rave, be out of one's mind: semper dementabat, Lact. Mort. Pers. 7, 9.

Where it came from

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