contremettre (s.xii/xiii)

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contremettre (s.xii/xiii)

[ FEW: 6/ii,191a mittere; Gdf: 2,276a contremettre ; GdfC: ; TL:  contremetre; DEAF:  metre 2 (contremetre); DMF:  contremettre; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
cuntremettre  

v.a.

1to oppose
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  oppositum: (O) cuntre mis(var. (C: xiiiex) acontre mise)  ii 48
2lawto lay against, lay to one’s charge
( 1260; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  B. li contremist que nul dreit en cele terre ne pout  95
( 1327 )  le jour qe les felonies avantditz primes lui furent contremis  150
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