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amenusement (c.1245)
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amenusement (c.1245)

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amenusement,  amenusment,  amenussement  (ameneuchement  Bor Cust ii 175,  amenticement (l. amenucement?)  Deviance and Power 335)  
  FEW:  minutiare 6/ii,132b Gdf:  amenuisement 1,259c GdfC:  amenuisement 8,103a TL: amenuisement 1,340 DEAF:  menuise (amenuisement)  DMF:  amenuisement  TLF:  amenuisement  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

loss, diminution: 
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Li chambereins […] veit le larcin […] Amenusement i veit (=of the treasure)  S Edw paris ANTS 1014
( 1345-46 )  le dit mestre prendra pour son overeigne coigner, […] amenusement du pois, & pour ses despenses […]  Rot Parl1 ii 452
( 1422 )  le perde & damage qe aviendra par le gaste & amenusment du pois en tiell foundure  Rot Parl1 iv 178
a, en amenusement de
to the detriment, loss of: 
( 1302 )  […] en perte e amenusement des fermes e des coustumes nostre Seignur le Rey  Rot Parl1 i 156
( 1327 )  a grant amenussement de eaux  Rot Parl2 124
( 1372 )  a grant amenusement du pris dé laynes  Rot Parl1 ii 314
par amenusement
decreasingly, less each time: 
( MS: c.1400 )  Li malade dira […] par .ix. jours cest psalme: Quicunque vult. C’est a savoir le primer jour .ix. foiz, [...] le tierce jour set foiz, e issi chescun jour par amenusement […]  Five Med MSS 73.T55
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amenusement