obducto

āre, v. freq. a.

id.

I. to lead or conduct in opposition or rivalry to another: nec pol ego patiar ... measque in aedes sic scorta obductarier, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 46; cf. obduco, I. B. 7.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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