Ma quando ne diede il primo saggio al Balicci con certe inflessioni e certe modulazioni, e volate e smorzamenti e arresti e scivoli, accompagnati da una mimica tanto impetuosa quanto superflua, il pover'uomo si prese la testa tra le mani e si restrinse e si contorse come per schermirsi da tanti cani che volessero addentarlo.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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* Ma subito dopo trovai il modo di addentarlo vigorosamente:
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morsicare
= verbo trans. addentare, mordere <>
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riaddentare
= verbo trans. addentare nuovamente. <>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'But my song I troll out, for CHRISTMAS Stout, The hearty, the true, and the bold; A bumper I drain, and with might and main Give three cheers for this Christmas old! We'll usher him in with a merry din That shall gladden his joyous heart, And we'll keep him up, while there's bite or sup, And in fellowship good, we'll part.<>
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Among the herd (so said thelegend) was a pig of grave and solemn countenance, with whom the princehad a fellow-feeling--for he too was wise--a pig of thoughtful andreserved demeanour; an animal superior to his fellows, whose grunt wasterrible, and whose bite was sharp.<>
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Having done this, Bob replaced the cork with great care, andlooking benignantly down on Mr. Pickwick, took a large bite out of thesandwich, and smiled.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'You want to bite his ear off, I suppose,' said Wardle.<>
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His face was full, but his eye-sockets were hollow; his mouthtwitched as if it were always trying to bite the black strip ofmoustache that was just too short to be bitten.<>
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