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comprover (c.1136-65)
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comprover (c.1136-65)

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cumpruver  
  FEW:  probare *9,403b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  prover (comprovaille)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  comprobate v.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  comprobare 412a

v.trans.

1to prove: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  pure predication […]; Confermee ert de Dampnedé E comprovee a verité  Salemon 9052
2to confute, silence: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Pur cumpruver le e cumfundre  S Clem ANTS 4584
♦to refute, disprove: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Lur cause est laide e replenie De fauseté e vilainie, Pur ceo ne poet aver duree Que tuz tens ne seit cumpruvee  S Clem ANTS 11546
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