asservir1 (c.1292)
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asservir1 (c.1292)

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  FEW:  servus 11,549b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  aservir 8,201b TL: asservir 1,588 DEAF:  serf (*)  DMF:  asservir 1  TLF:  asservir  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
aservir  

v.a.

1 status to enslave, subjugate: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  par seygnorye Aservent Seynt Eglyse qe Deu ad enfranchye  374.1244
♦statusto make servile, reduce to serfdom or villeinage: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 ) car dreit ne suffre mie qe villenage pur nule lounge seysine de servage puse aserver nul fraunc homme  i 196.3
enservir  servir 
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