Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Téss-ere, v. a.
1. to weave; 2. to weave, compose, collect. — inganni, to contrive mischief, lay plots. — tele di ragno, to tire one's self about useless things; 3. to begin a discourse.L'uomo ordisce, e la fortuna tesse, man proposes, and God disposes; s. m. Téss-itóre, f. Téss-itríce; adj.Téss-énte .
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tessere: to weaue. Also to make, to build, to worke or frame together. Also to complot, to contriue, to compact, to deuise. Also to endite, to write, to compose or gather together, to context.