atrapper (s.xiii2/4)
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atrapper (s.xiii2/4)

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[ FEW: 17,355b trappa; Gdf: 1,488a atraper /3,276a entraper; GdfC: 8,232a atraper; TL: 1,655 atraper /3,621 entraper; DEAF:  trapan (atraper); DMF:  attraper / entrapper; TLF:  attraper; OED:  attrap v.1 / entrap v.1; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
entraper  

v.a.

1also_fig.to catch, trap: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1300 )  Quant la mort l’entrape (=the Pope), Ne lui poet valer Sa vermeile cape  1220
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  se uns par dehors seez pris ou atrappez ou pris ou atrappee  251.28
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