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[ FEW: 9,362a pressare; Gdf: 1,356a apresser; GdfC: ∅; TL: 1,473 apresser; DEAF: presser (*); DMF: appresser; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]

apreisser, apreser

v.a.

1to beset:

( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv¹ ) Altre peril les apresset (var. (D: s.xiii¹) mult les apresent) 1002

( MS: s.xii^4/4 ) ‘O Deus,’ dist il, ‘si grant pechié m’apresse; Se or ne m’en fui, or criem que tei en perde’ 59

♦to press hard:

( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 ) Lur enemis puis apreisserent 869

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