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trespassable (c.1136-65)
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trespassable (c.1136-65)

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trepassable,  trespasseble  
  FEW:  *passare 7,720b Gdf:  trespassable 8,55a / trespassible 8,58b GdfC: ∅ TL: trespassable 10,617 DEAF:  passer 1 (trespassable)  DMF:  trespassable  TLF: ∅ OED:  trepassable a.  MED:  trespassable a.  DMLBS: ∅

a.

momentary, passing after a while: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  come tempeste trespassable Serrat fels om nent remenbrable  Salemon 6183
♦impermanent, transitory, fleeting: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  glorie [...] tote est trespasseble e vaine  Salemon 5343
( MS: s.xiiim )  Pur honurs e richescez ke trepassables sunt Les biens del ciel leissent  Eschez Allegorical 37
( 1255-59; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  del lestat fist ja del mund Dunt honurs trespassables sunt  S Edm (Rich) 1052
mort trespassable
theol.physical death (as transitory, opposed to eternal life of the soul): 
( s.xii4/4 )  Si (=here on earth) sufferas mort trespassable, La averas vie parmanable  S Cath barking 579

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See also:

passable  trespas1  trespassement  trespasser  trespassour  trespassous 
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