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purposement (1155)

The form proposement is a cross reference to the following entry:

purposement (1155)

porposement;  proposement  
  FEW:  pausare 8,71b Gdf:  proposement 6,438c GdfC: TL: proposement 7,1987 DEAF:  proposer (proposement)  DMF:  proposement  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

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1aim, purpose
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  Tien, dist il, tun purposement Si te cuntien seurement  Brut WACE 13759
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  mal le creez ke ja avienge neent A nul home del mund de sun purposement, Si Deus n'en ad aunceis fait sun ordenement  Horn 3587
( c.1195; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Mais quant verreit certeinement ces tenir lur purposement, par lettres les enveerreit al priur, si lui mandereit k’il preist d’els garde e cure  Purg S Pat MARIE 446
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1 )  si iert sages et forz, et si parmaint en son proposement  Lapid 291
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Tot son cruel porposement Venqui la virge et son talent  S Audree1 965
2proposal, proposition
( 1323-25 )  Thomas Perot et sire Robert de Rocheford qi ount estez presentz as touz tretiz, purposementz et respounses  St Sard 188

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See also:

purpos  purposer 
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