1fig.(of people) to pour in, arrive in large numbers:
(
1160-74;
MS: s.xiiiin
)
Heraut out ses homes mandez [...]; Li vilain des viles aplovent, Tels armes portent com il trovent
ii 7703
(
s.xii2;
MS: s.xii3/3
)
E li poples apluveit de tutes parz
86
(
s.xiii1;
MS: s.xiiim
)
plus de .v. cent Sarazin fervestu
Qui devers orient sunt iloec apleu
Se sunt environ es logiez e portendu
2325
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