dissereno

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dis-sĕrēno: āre,
I v. impers. and a.
I Impers., to be clear, as if by dispersing the clouds: si cacumina (montium) pura flent, disserenabit, Plin. 18, 35, 82, § 356.—
II In late Lat., act., to make clear.—Only trop., to clear away: disserena oculis nostris nubilum, August. Conf. 13, 15; to cheer: mores procellosos, Cassiod. Var. 6, 6 init.>