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alever2 (1163-70)
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alever2 (1163-70)

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allever  
  FEW:  alleviare 24,332a Gdf:  alevier 1,220a GdfC: ∅ TL:  1,300 DEAF:  alevier  DMF:  alevier  TLF: ∅ OED:  allevy v.  MED:  allevien v.  DMLBS:  alleviare 2 65c

v.trans.

to take away, alleviate: 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Tant cum lur espeir plus aleve Le present mal que tant lur greve  S Edw barking 256
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1 )  si garist de melancholie et del mal c’on ne puet alener (l. alever)  Lapid 295.11
♦finan.to cancel, pay off (a debt): 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  ou delaient ses dettes allever  Mir Just 158
( c.1340; MS: s.xiv2 )  j’ai fait tiele diligence d’alever voz dettes qe je lez ay touz levez  Cist Form 318.27

See also:

aleger1  alevance 
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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