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affecter (c.1275)
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affecter (c.1275)

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affeter;  affeeter;  feter  
  FEW:  affectare 24,246a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  affecter 8,39a TL: afeceter 1,176 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  affecter  TLF:  affecter  OED:  affect v.1  / affect v.2  MED:  affecten v.1  / affecten v.2  DMLBS:  affectare 47b

v.trans.

1to affect, change: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  (Saint Francis) Par taunt (=miracle) affeeta sun (=an oppressive knight's) curage. Par la pyté de duz Fraunceys Devynt deboner e curteys  7599
2to seek after, be attracted to: 
( s.xiv2; MS: c.1400 )  ententifment cerchoms qui a nos corps, quei a nos almes puet accorder, quel chose ils purront franchement s[a]unz offens affecter, ou qe deliter (Latin: quid corporibus, quid animabus nostris conveniat, quid appetere, quove delectare ac sine offensa valeant)  56

v.refl.

to attach oneself to: 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  le count mareschal fu lee de s’affeter (var. (T: s.xiv3/4) se feter) au roi et le fist son heir  348.9
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