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* Inf. perf. sync. obduxe, Arg. ad Plaut. Merc. 7), 3, v. a., to lead or draw before, lead or conduct against or towards, to draw or bring forward or around, draw over (class. and very freq.; syn.: obtendo, obtego).
* Lit.: ad oppidum exercitum,Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 13: vim Gallicam obduc contra in acie, Att. ap. Non. 224, 13: Curium,Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2: ab utroque latere collis transversam fossam obduxit, drew forward, drew, made, or extended a trench, Caes. B. G. 2, 8: vela,Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 21: vestem, to draw on or over, Tac. A. 4, 70; Curt. 6, 5, 27: seram,to draw, close, fasten,Prop. 5, 5, 48: callum,to draw over,Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 3.
* Transf.
* Trop.
* To close, shut up (poet.): obducta penetralia Phoebi,Luc. 5, 67: fores,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1548. mors oculos coepit obducere, Petr. S. 19.
* To draw in, drink down, swallow: venenum,Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96: potionem,Sen. Prov. 3, 12: pultarium mulsi, to drink up, Petr. 42.
* To swallow up, overwhelm: uti eos, eum exercitum, eos hostes, eosque homines, urbes agrosque eorum ... obducatis (an imprecation to the gods below),Macr. S. 3, 9, 10.
* To contract, wrinkle, knit the brow: obductā solvatur fronte senectus,Hor. Epod. 13, 5: frontem,Juv. 9, 2: vultum,Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 5.
* To injure, harm (late Lat.): stomachum,Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, 28.
* To bring home in opposition or rivalry to another: eum putat uxor sibi Obduxe scortum,Plaut. Merc. Arg. 1, 7.
* To draw or spread over: obsidionem, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 198 Müll. (Trag. v. 11 Vahl.): clarissimis rebus tenebras obducere,i. e. to darken, obscure,Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 16: paulatim tenebris sese obducentibus,Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 143.
* Transf.
* To cover, conceal: obductus verbis dolor,Verg. A. 10, 64: obductos rescindere luctus,Ov. M. 12, 543: rei publicae obducere cicatricem,Cic. Leg. Agr. 3, 2, 4.
* Qs., to draw out, i. e. to pass, spend time: itaque obduxi posterum diem,Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1.

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