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[enflurir] (1275)

[enflurir] (1275)

enflorir,  enflourir  
  FEW:  florere 3,629a Gdf:  enflorir 3,151a GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED:  enflurishen v.  DMLBS:

v.trans.

fig.to embellish
( 1275; MS: c.1282 )  vous avez mut enbeli vostre parole et vostre defens enflori  Plac Cor (C) 19

v.refl.

to blossom, bloom, bring forth flowers
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Joseph sa verge fuist portant, Que s'enflourist  (ed. s'en flourist)  GOWER Mirour 27825

See also:

flur  flurir 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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