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ambicion (s.xiii1)
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ambicion (s.xiii1)

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ambicioun,  ambiciun,  ambitiun  
  FEW:  ambitio 24,402b Gdf:  ambition 1,253a GdfC:  ambicion 8,98c TL: ambicïon 1,327 DEAF:  ambicïon  DMF:  ambition  TLF:  ambition  OED:  ambition n.  MED:  ambicioun n.  DMLBS:  ambitio 75b

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ambition: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Ambiciun […] fait a l’hume desirer terrien honur e seculer poesté  i 26
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  Met le pé en le estru de large ambicioun  418
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  Ceste eschaunge estoit faite plus pur grant coveitise et ambicion qe n’estoit avenaunt  297.13
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