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denaturesce (s.xiii)
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denaturesce (s.xiii)

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denaturesse,  denarurez;  desnaturece,  desnaturesce,  desnaturesse  
  FEW:  natura 7,47a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: desnaturece 2,1655 DEAF:  nature (desnaturece)  DMF:  dénaturesse  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

1unnatural feeling, hard-heartedness: 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Li quart (=Commandment) defend desnaturesce vers ces parenz  Comm RTMS 229.43
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  Ceo est apelé ‘desnaturesce’, Qe est un peché encuntre homesce  Man pechez 4543
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  […] ne sey reprys De denaturez a mun cher pere  S Fran ANTS 8372
2unfriendly act, discourtesy: 
( 1280 )  la desnaturece que li Rois de Castele vos mostroit  Foedera1 i 583
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  moun[dit] seignur ad rehercee les denaturesses a luy fait par le dit count  Anon Chr1 155.37
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  je ne vouldroie [...] que vous avroiez pur yceo ascune suspicioun envers moy de desnaturesse  Lett & Pet 85.28
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