esgravanter (s.xiii1/4)

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esgravanter (s.xiii1/4)

  FEW:  *crepantare  Gdf:  escravanter 3,437a GdfC: TL: escravanter 3,993 DEAF:  cravanter (escravanter)  DMF:  escravanter  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
escravanter  

v.a.

1 to knock down, demolish
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex ) pur tute sa force fu cele the city of Babylon prise e escravantee, car les deus reys deviserent l’euue ke fu entur la cité en plus de cent duitelez  17
2 to defeat, confound
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiiex ) Mus grans ewes ne purrunt estendre charité Ne les flums esgraventer sa grant poesté  2735
agravanter  engravanter  gravanter 
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