[46] Lit. amorous ( amorose ), but Boccaccio frequently uses amoroso , vago , and other adjectives, which are now understood in an active or transitive sense only, in their ancient passive or intransitive sense of lovesome, desirable, etc.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio
When the starter is propagated under practical conditions, it sooner or later deteriorates, either in acid production, or in flavor, and a new pure culture must be procured from the manufacturer.
— from Outlines of dairy bacteriology, 10th edition A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by E. G. (Edwin George) Hastings
Thus eare we far beneoth and ealso wyrse thone the rest of Gods Weorka; for the Sune and Mone, the Cyng and Cquen of Stearran, Snaw, Ise, Ren, Frost, Deaw, Miste, Wind, feower fet and crypend dinga, Fix yefetherod Brid, and Fælan auther in Sæ or Land do eal heold the Lag of his willan.
— from The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 3 by Browne, Thomas, Sir
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