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descovenir (c.1270)
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descovenir (c.1270)

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desconvenir;  disconvenir  
  FEW:  convenire 2/ii,1127a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  covenir (descovenir)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  disconvenire 680c

v.intrans.

to disagree, be incompatible (with): 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  avarice [...] descovient en verité A la reale majesté  Secr abernun 251

p.pr. as a.

lawimproper, contradictory, inconsistent: 
( 1312-13 )  si mettet avaunt un escrit qe ne fet pas mension et de nul terme n’est garr[aunt] de vostre bref eins par le descovenaunt fet de cest jugement  YBB Ed II xiii 235
( 1316 )  la chartre nous servereit en partie et en partie se voidereit, qe serroit disconvenient en ley  YBB Ed II xx 150
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