acurcer (1113-19)
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acurcer (1113-19)

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[gdw]

  FEW:  *curtiare 2/ii,1582b Gdf:  acorcier 1,75b GdfC:  acourcir 8,28c TL: acorcier 1,108 / acorcir 1,108 DEAF:  corcier (acorcier)  / corcier (acorcir)  DMF:  accourcer  / accourcir  TLF:  accourcir  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  accurtare 17a
acorcer,  acorcier,  acorser;  acurcier,  acurzer,  acurzier,  acorucer 8845 (var. A)  

v.a.

1to shorten, make shorter, cut down: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Sunt li nun des viles changied, U acreu u acurcied  3780
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Mult volunters se entremetteint Les uns de vestemens adresser, L’autre de aceinter et acurcer  163.125
( c.1260; MS: 1267 ) [Fiz], dit [vos] ai en deus manieres les vers qu' enseignie Or[e] me plet derechief que seient acorciez  954
♦temporalto shorten, cut short: 
( 1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  E Deus acorcera Le tens qu’il regnera  943
♦ to decrease, diminish: 
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 ) Ore ad sun travail acurcié  142.512

v.n.

1temporalto become shorter: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Li jurn vunt aluignant E les nuiz acurzant  380
acortir  acurcement  cort#2  escurcer 
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