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abstinant (c.1170)

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abstinant (c.1170)

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FEW: abstinere 24,57b Gdf: astenant 1,458a GdfC: astenent 8,219b TL: astenir (astenant) 1,162 DEAF: astenir (*) DMF: abstinent TLF: abstinent OED: abstinent a. and n. MED: abstinent a. DMLBS: abstinere (abstinens) 10a

abstinent; astenant

a.

1abstinent, continent:

( c.1275; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Le pople me tynt mut abstinent E joe fu refet trop charneument 2449

♦fig.discreet, modest:

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) mut iert abstinant, Ki les passout trestuz e s’en iert si celaunt 2546

estre abstinant de

1to abstain from, eschew:

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) Li seint […] Astenanz sont des riens leues Q’is ne facent les nonleues 15193

abstenciun abstenir abstine abstinence

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