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defire (1113-19)

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FEW: deficere 3,29b Gdf: defire 2,462c GdfC: ∅ TL: defire 2,1288 DEAF: defire DMF: défire TLF: ∅ OED: defy v. 2 MED: defien v. 2 DMLBS: deficere 591a

defirre; deffire; desfire; defier;
ind.pr.3 defist, defit, desfit;
ind.pr.6 defient;
ind.impf.1 defiseie;
pret.3 defist;
pret.4 defisimes;
pret.6 defirent, defistrent;
fut.3 defira;
fut.6 defirunt, defierunt;
sbj.pr.6 defisent;
p.pr. defisant;
p.p. defyé, deffit, defit, desfit

v.a.1to dissipate, get rid of 2to soften, make tender ♦ to digest
v.n.1to fail, be deficient ♦ to be defeated 2to dissolve ♦ to fade, melt away, vanish ♦ to perish, waste away ♦ to pine away 3(of moon) to wane, decrease
p.p._as_a.1wasted, emaciated

v.a.

1to dissipate, get rid of:

( c.1270; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) (physical exercise) ennientit Les humurs nusantes, e tut defit 1705

2also_fig.to soften, make tender:

( s.xii^ex; MS: s.xiii² ) Quant la char esteit tout quite Que trestute esteit desfite [...] 681

( 1273-82; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Comandez, donc, k'a moi se vire (= Love), Pur mon froit quor trestot defire 2152

( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) decoquitur: (D*) est defyé ii 126.6

♦med.to digest:

( s.xiii^m?; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) Mes si il est quit un poy en un pot, si est plus legere a deffire que si il le beust cru ii 24

( c.1270; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) sun estomac pur le trespas La viande defire ne puet pas 1853

( MS: s.xiii^ex ) digerere: defier ii 163

v.n.

1 to fail, be deficient:

( s.xii¹; MS: c.1145 ) Les espedes de l'enemi defistrent en fin (Latin: Inimici defecerunt frameae in finem) 46.9.6

( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii² ) Al rei Guion est la matire, Si n’i =the telling of my story voil faillir ni desfire 2647

♦ to be defeated:

( s.xii¹; MS: c.1145 ) Je parsiwerai mes enemis e cumprendrai les, e ne returnerai desque il defisent 51.17.41

2to dissolve:

( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 ) La terre ad en soi plusurs veines De cel e sal gemme pleines, Ke en l’ewe tute defit 1617

♦to fade, melt away, vanish:

( s.xii¹; MS: c.1145 ) Li enemi acertes del Seignur […] defisanz sicum fums defirunt 63.36.21

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xivⁱⁿ ) k’il puisse el saint Esperit La glorie oir ke ne desfit 2338

♦to perish, waste away:

( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv¹ ) [...] Que mis cors ne poit defire 1386

( s.xii¹; MS: c.1145 ) Defist la meie carn e li miens cuers 85.72.25

( c.1230; MS: s.xiii^m ) Sun mal agrege e enpire, Que li fait la char defire 1918

♦emotionto pine away:

( s.xii¹; MS: 1155-60 ) defist la meie aneme (Latin: defecit anima mea) es aitres nostre Seignur 153.LXXXIII.2

3astron.(of moon) to wane, decrease:

( 1113-19; MS: s.xii^3/3 ) saint Bede [...] Dis fiees le (=the moon) vit Cum creist e desfit 1894a

p.p._as_a.

1wasted, emaciated:

( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii² ) La char defite isi aveit Qu’imagene mielz qu’home pareit 6256

( s.xiiiⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiii² ) Chival [....], Malement avez ore alé Kant si pres vus suent sé runcis defiez 2503

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