I.perf., rsum, 2, v. a., to bite again; mostly poet., and only in the trop. sense; to vex, torment, disturb: “me remorsurum petis,” Hor. Epod. 6, 4: “praeteritis male admissis peccata remordent,” Lucr. 3, 827: “animus se forte remordet,” id. 4, 1135: “quando haec te cura remordet,” Verg. A. 1, 261; cf. absol.: “si juris materni cura remordet,” id. ib. 7, 402: vitia castigata remordent, Juy. 2. 25.—In prose: sin tandem libertatis desiderium remordet animos, Liv. 8, 4, 3.
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