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aquasser (s.xiiiin)
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aquasser (s.xiiiin)

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aquaiser  
  FEW:  quassare 2/ii,1431 Gdf:  aquasser 1,365c GdfC: ∅ TL: acasser 1,70 DEAF:  casser (acasser)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to smash, break, shatter: 
( MS: s.xiiim ) Cil [...] ses dous mains mist a la bere, Enpeinst avant e puis arere, Tut vout abatre e aquasser  A-N Piety 172.515
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  les gines le roi porumus adresser Pur abatre meisons et murs aquasser  Longespee 76
♦fig.to wipe out, bring to an end: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  ele […] est morte. […] ma joie est tute aquassee  Pet Plet ANTS 1196
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 ) E puis quant la pais vint en tere E esquesse[e] (var. (B: s.xiv2/4) aquaisé ) fu la guere [...]  S Edm Life ANTS 2842 (var.)
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) donne au povre la myaille Du pain, dont il sa faim aquasse  GOWER Mirour 15646

See also:

casser  enquaser  esquasser 
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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