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apresser (1121-25)
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apresser (1121-25)

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apreisser,  apreser  
  FEW:  pressare 9,362a Gdf:  apresser 1,356a GdfC: ∅ TL: apresser 1,473 DEAF:  presser (*)  DMF:  appresser  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to beset: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Altre peril les apresset (var. (D: s.xiii1) mult les apresent)  S Brend mup 1002
( MS: s.xii4/4 ) ‘O Deus,’ dist il, ‘si grant pechié m’apresse; Se or ne m’en fui, or criem que tei en perde’  S Alexis2 59
♦to press hard: 
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Lur enemis puis apreisserent  Waldef BB 869
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