amaurir (s.xiiiin)
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amaurir (s.xiiiin)

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[ FEW: 6/i,529a maturare; Gdf: 1,265b ameurir /3,203c enmeurir; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
ameurer;  enmaurir,  enmeurir  

v.a.

1to ripen: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  La grape fors de la vidne eist, La pent e la enmaurrist  5738
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Metez i choses por amaurir sicum malve  i 78
♦pathol.med.to bring to a head: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  […] as apostemes por fere maurir. Por ameurer l’aposteme […]  i 65

v.n.

1oenol.(of wine) to ripen, come to maturity: 
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  le vin qui est fais de noires grapes change ses colors solonc ce qu’il enmeurist el tonniel  97.934
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