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provement (1113-19)
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provement (1113-19)

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prouvement  
  FEW:  probare 9,404b Gdf:  provement 6,446b GdfC: ∅ TL: provement 7,2005 DEAF:  prover (provement)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  probamentum 2473a

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proof, evidence: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Pur ceo di veirement, Si cum est pruvement  Comput ANTS 2972
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Ysidres ne ment Ki par dreit provement Parla del mund asez  Div Mun 168
faire provement
to test, examine: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Fel seit cil ki.l vus dist, s'il n'en fait provement  Horn 1933
( 1318 )  le surplus demurt al seygnur a fere soun prouvement  (ed. prowement) et son agistement et sa volunté  YBB Ed II xxii 324
( 1375 )  grantant au dit Johan plein poair [...] de surveier noz feoders, [...] pur faire le prouvement pur nous  GAUNT1 ii 338

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See also:

provable  provablement  provaille  provance  prove  prover1 
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